Agatha Christie's exotic seaside mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down Only, on this occasion, there was no sunshe had been strangled Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air But could this apparent 'crime of passion' have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?