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Hercule Poirot entered his bedroom. It was a large room well provided with radiators. As he went over towards the big four-poster bed he noticed an envelope lying on his pillow. He opened it and drew out a piece of paper. On it was a shakily printed message in capital letters.
DON’T EAT NONE OF THE PLUM PUDDING. ONE AS WISHES YOU WELL.
Hercule Poirot stared at it. His eyebrows rose. “Cryptic,” he murmured.
— 13 hours, 17 min ago
DON’T EAT NONE OF THE PLUM PUDDING. ONE AS WISHES YOU WELL.
Hercule Poirot stared at it. His eyebrows rose. “Cryptic,” he murmured.
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Alan (the Lone Librarian) Teder
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5. Greenshaw’s Folly **** Miss Marple becomes involved when her nephew Raymond West meets a Miss Greenshaw who is willing her oddly named house to her companion Miss Crenshaw, instead of her nephew. Then Miss Greenshaw is found shot dead by an arrow. The story was first published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in March 1957 (Volume 29, Number 3).
— 21 minutes ago
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“He’s got an alibi,” said the inspector.
“I always think alibis are definitely suspicious.”
“Maybe, sir,” said Inspector Welch. “You’re talking as a writer.”
“I don’t write detective stories,” said Raymond West, horrified at the mere idea.
— 23 minutes ago
“I always think alibis are definitely suspicious.”
“Maybe, sir,” said Inspector Welch. “You’re talking as a writer.”
“I don’t write detective stories,” said Raymond West, horrified at the mere idea.
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4. The Dressmaker’s Doll *** A rare supernatural, Non-Poirot & Non-Miss Marple story. A mysterious doll appears in a dress shop and no one can remember how it arrived there. Soon it begins to appear as if the doll had a life of its own. The story was published in Canada’s Star Weekly magazine October 25, 1958 and then in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in June 1959 (Volume 33, Number 6).
— 33 minutes ago
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3. The Theft of the Royal Ruby **** Hercule Poirot is in search of a missing ruby. He is undercover at a household for Christmas where several other guests are suspects in the ruby theft. Story first published in The Sketch magazine (December 12, 1923) and later collected in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées (UK only October 24, 1960).
— 12 hours, 13 min ago
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2. Wasp’s Nest *** Hercule Poirot visits an old friend John Harrison and says he is in the vicinity in order to prevent a murder that has not yet been committed. Poirot notes a nearby wasp’s nest and plans accordingly. Story first published as The Wasp’s Nest in the Daily Mail on November 20, 1928 and in Detective Story Magazine on March 9, 1929 under the title The Worst of All.
— 12 hours, 15 min ago
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1. Double Sin **** Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are travelling on a bus when they become involved in a case of stolen miniature figurines. The story was first published in Detective Story Magazine March 30, 1929 under the title By Road or Rail.
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Poirot stroked his own magnificent moustache tenderly. “It is an art,” he murmured, “the growing of the moustache! I have sympathy for all who attempt it.” It is always difficult with Poirot to know when he is serious and when he is merely amusing himself at one’s expense. I judged it safest to say no more.
— 13 hours, 27 min ago
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My little friend was a strange mixture of Flemish thrift and artistic fervour. He accepted many cases in which he had little interest owing to the first instinct being predominant. He also undertook cases in which there was a little or no monetary reward sheerly because the problem involved interested him.
— 23 hours, 45 min ago
