The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: A Hercule Poirot Story
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Previously published in the print anthology Poirot Investigates.
Poirot tasks his friends with solving a murder that is more like a riddle.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mr Robert Havering contacts Poirot as his uncle, Mr Harrington Pace, has been killed while visiting their home in Derbyshire. Due to illness Captain Hastings is sent instead.
An enjoyable little mystery - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hercule Poirot is recovering from influenza when a murder pops up. Poirot is unable to travel so he sends Captain Hastings to investigate. Hastings arrives at the scene of the crime and discovers that Inspector Japp is also investigating. Japp is surprised to see Hastings without the “little man” but together they investigate.I like that this one involved murder since the last few short stories were mysteries without a dead body, and I find her murder mysteries more interesting. this murder was another that showed Poirot’s great skill. He sends Hastings off to investigate and Poirot asks a few questions from his house and solves the crime!! Poirot really is the number one detective.Another fun short story narrated by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet and I’m looking forward to the next mystery.
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The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge - Agatha Christie
Contents
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge
About the Author
The Agatha Christie Collection
Copyright
About the Publisher
THE MYSTERY OF HUNTER’S LODGE
"After all, murmured Poirot,
it is possible that I shall not die this time."
Coming from a convalescent influenza patient, I hailed the remark as showing a beneficial optimism. I myself had been the first sufferer from the disease. Poirot in his turn had gone down. He was now sitting up in bed, propped up with pillows, his head muffled in a woollen shawl, and was slowly sipping a particularly noxious tisane which I had prepared according to his directions. His eye rested with pleasure upon a neatly graduated row of medicine bottles which adorned the mantelpiece.
Yes, yes,
my little friend continued. "Once more shall I be myself again, the great Hercule Poirot, the terror of evildoers! Figure to yourself, mon ami, that I have a little paragraph to myself in Society Gossip. But yes! Here it is: ‘Go it—criminals—all out! Hercule Poirot—and believe me, girls, he’s some Hercules!—our own pet society detective can’t get a grip on you. ’Cause why? ’Cause he’s got la grippe himself!’"
I laughed.
Good for you, Poirot. You are becoming quite a public character. And fortunately you haven’t missed anything of particular interest during this time.
"That is true. The few cases I have had to decline did not fill me with any