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When Tommy and Tuppence Beresford moved to a quiet English village, they were looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discovered, their rambling old house held both secrets and dangers. Who was Mary Jordan? Why had someone left a code message in an old book saying that she ‘did not die naturally’? And what was the significance of "Oxford" and "Cambridge"?

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of THE BLACK ARROW, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y - J o r d a n - d i d - n o t - d i e - n a t u r a l l y... And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill...

The final Tommy & Tuppence novel, in which a poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all! Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y -- J o r d a n -- d i d -- n o t -- d i e -- n a t u r a l l y!

"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction the world over." The Observer. Now retired, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move to Devonshire. In an old children's book left in the attic, Tuppence finds cryptic clues to a murder which took place in the village during the FirstWorld War. The girl who died was mixed up in an old scandal concerned with the passing on of naval secrets. Was she innocent or guilty? True to form, Tommy and Tuppence are intrigued and investigate - and true to form, they find themselves in danger...