Poirot Investigates

Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie

The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings…First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond… then came the ‘suicide’ that was murder… the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat… a suspicious death in a locked gun-room… a million dollar bond robbery… the curse of a pharoah’s tomb… a jewel robbery by the sea… the abduction of a Prime Minister… the disappearance of a banker… a phone call from a dying man… and, finally, the mystery of the missing willl.What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

Poirot Investigates

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Contents

Cover (#uf7ae5ae6-6f7b-5a9d-ac50-aaf6bfe8c398)

Title Page (#u8945d676-e31a-58f7-aa05-23779f1045dd)

Copyright (#uac30da18-8d22-5c1c-a1b1-cc5c7f1f851e)

The Adventure of ‘The Western Star’ (#u08a21527-0b4c-5bd1-b1e3-1652f7b318b3)

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (#u62c6e769-1327-5b75-8f60-e12911dd9d74)

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (#u1e5e1916-b65f-5c59-9c23-ab128d0d6395)

The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge (#litres_trial_promo)

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (#litres_trial_promo)

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (#litres_trial_promo)

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (#litres_trial_promo)

The Kidnapped Prime Minister (#litres_trial_promo)

The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim (#litres_trial_promo)

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (#litres_trial_promo)

The Case of the Missing Will (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Agatha Christie (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

The Adventure of ‘The Western Star’ (#u8f08a9fb-9e88-538f-a544-e12f03096479)

I was standing at the window of Poirot’s rooms looking out idly on the street below.

‘That’s queer,’ I ejaculated suddenly beneath my breath.

‘What is, mon ami?’ asked Poirot placidly, from the depths of his comfortable chair.

‘Deduce, Poirot, from the following facts! Here is a young lady, richly dressed—fashionable hat, magnificent furs. She is coming along slowly, looking up at the houses as she goes. Unknown to her, she is being shadowed by three men and a middle-aged woman. They have just been joined by an errand boy who points after the girl, gesticulating as he does so. What drama is this being played? Is the girl a crook, and are the shadowers detectives preparing to arrest her? Or are they the scoundrels, and are they plotting to attack an innocent victim? What does the great detective say?’

‘The great detective, mon ami, chooses, as ever, the simplest course. He rises to see for himself.’ And my friend joined me at the window.

In a minute he gave vent to an amused chuckle.