The Under Dog and Other Stories
A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancÉe is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten...
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A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancÉe is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head. Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062094421 (0062094424)
Publish date: August 7th 2012
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
THE UNDER DOG, BY AGATHA CHRISTIE (Short stories featuring Hercule Poirot)I have read, I believe, all of Dame Agatha's books featuring Hercule Poirot; they used to be a big favorite of mine when I was 8-9 years old. I haven't read many of the short stories, though, so I thought this would be interes...
This was a collection of short stories featuring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Short stories are generally not my favorite things to read, and mysteries in short story format are especially unsatisfying to me. In this case, though, I did enjoy these mini Poirot adventures. The first story in ...
Normal... Poirot is a prick