Vieną vėlyvą vakarą, kai mokykloje visi jau miega, dvi mokytojos pastebi paslaptingai žybčiojančią šviesą sporto paviljone. Ten jos randa nemėgstamos fizinio lavinimo mokytojos lavoną. Mokyklą apima panika, kai ,,katė" puola dar kartą. Deja, mokinė Džulija Apdžon žino per daug. Tiesą sakant, ji supranta: jeigu jai nepadės Erkiulis Puaro, ji bus kita auka.

Originalus pavadinimas: -Cat Among the Pigeons  (1959)

Preceded by  Ordeal by Innocence

Followed by  The Adventure of the Chrismas Pudding

A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls' school, where staff members are brutally murdered.

First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of corpse in chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the of the dead man who altered his eating habits..and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these six baffling cases? The distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.