1961年11月9日星期四，一个名叫布莱恩的男人走下利物浦的地窖，永远改变了世界。

As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.

Set during the Blitz in 1940s London. After writing twelve Poirot novels in six years, Agatha Christie should be a rich woman. Instead she’s struggling to make ends meet. As the money runs out, Agatha concocts a plan to kill off her most famous creation and sell the manuscript to a superfan. When Agatha’s would-be-buyer suffers a heart attack, it seems unfortunate but benign. When her manuscript is stolen, a wider conspiracy begins to take shape. As the bombs fall and she investigates, the danger of her situation becomes apparent; Agatha herself is the killer’s next target.

年轻的英国导演乔史蒂芬森（现在正在一部大肆宣传的诺埃尔·科沃德传记片的前期制作中，该片将由伊恩·麦凯伦和凡妮莎·雷德格雷夫主演）首次登场，讲述了乐观的15岁的理查德（因学习困难而困扰）和他不安、虐待他人的哥哥。当理查德爱上17岁的安娜贝尔（亚斯敏·佩吉，来自潜艇）时，兄弟之间的关系被拉长到了临界点，家庭秘密被揭露，理查德的生活终于开始改变方向。