The Murder on the Links is Agatha Christie's second novel featuring detective Hercule Poirot, published in 1923. When Poirot receives a desperate letter from a millionaire in France pleading for help, he and Captain Hastings rush to the Villa Geneviève—but arrive too late. Paul Renauld is found stabbed in the back on a golf course near his home. As Poirot investigates, he clashes with a rival French detective, encounters a mysterious woman found bound on the links, and uncovers secrets tied to Renauld's shadowy past in South America. The case culminates in a shocking solution involving mistaken identity, betrayal, and long-buried vengeance.