Peril at End House — Agatha Christie

The Majestic Hotel seems the ideal retreat for Hercule Poirot--until he meets lovely Nick Buckley. She's the last of a long line of Buckleys inhabiting End House, an imposing estate perched in isolation on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. And a lucky Buckley at that. Claiming to have escaped three attempts on her life in as many days, Nick attributes the good fortune to the watchful guardianship of a beneficent ghost. But an investigation into the dark corridors of End House leads the Belgian detective to fear that Nick's luck may be running out...