Reading Copy. Accident number one: the heavy picture that falls across Miss Buckley"s bed. Accident number two: the boulder that thunders past her on the cliff path. Accident number three: the car brakes that fail on a steep hill. Accident number four: the bullet that misses her head by inches. But at last the unknown attacker makes a fatal error. He shoots at his victim while she is talking to Hercule Poirot.