WhenoldfamilyfriendLouisaOxleyvisitsMissMarpleonestormynightseekinghelp,MissMarpledecidestosendherandherson,Archie,tosafetyatthelabyrinthineestateofGreenshaw'sFolly,ownedbyMissMarple'sgoodfriendKatherineGreenshaw,aneccentricbotanistandthelastsurvivingGreenshaw.LouisabecomesMissGreenshaw'ssecretary,andquicklyattractstheattentionofthegardenerAlfredPollockandactorNatFletcher.ThingsturnsinisterwhentheFolly'sfaithfulbutler,WalterCracken,iskilledinwhatappearstobeatragicaccident.Thenaguestatthehouse,HoraceBindler,disappearswithoutatrace.MissMarpleisconvincedallisunwell,andhersuspicionsareconfirmedwhenMissGreenshawherselfisbrutallymurdered.Suspectsareeverywhere,butnonecanimaginethesecrets,bothpastandpresent,whichMissMarpleuncovers.
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