The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Hastings's friend Dr Hawker receives worrying news about a patient, Count Foscanti, and the body is found of a man who has been beaten to death. Meanwhile, Hastings buys a new Italian roadster from Bruno Vizzini's showroom, and the car and Miss Lemon's new admirer turn out to have connections with each other and with the murdered man. Poirot finds his investigation leads him into the gangland world of London's Little Italy. The story culminates in a deadly car chase.