The under dog : and other stories : [featuring Hercule Poirot

A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of short mystery fiction all featuring Hercule Poirot as the investigator. 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.Stories:The Under DogThe Plymouth Express, Pg 72The Affair at the Victory Ball, Pg 89The Market Basing Mystery, Pg 106The Lemesurier Inheritance, Pg 117The Cornish Mystery, Pg 130The King of Clubs, Pg 146The Submarine Plans, Pg 164The Adventure of the Clapham Cook, Pg 180 A dead heiress, a murdered recluse, and a slain playboy are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christies "The Under Dog and Other Stories," a superior collection of short story, mystery fiction all featuring Hercule Poirot. The beautiful heiress was found dead on a train. The forgotten recluse made headlines after he was shot in the head, and the wealthy playboy was stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. We shouldn't forget the elderly woman who suspected that she was slowly being poisoned to death, and the prince who feared for his reputation when his fiance became embroiled in another man's murder. Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such uncanny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met, and a triumph of detection. The stories are: 1. The Under Dog, 2. The Plymouth Express, 3. The Affair at the Victory Ball, 4. The Market Basing Mystery, 5. The Lemesurier Inheritance, 6. The Cornish Mystery, 7. The King of Clubs, 8. The Submarine Plans, and 9. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook. Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection of short stories, "The Under Dog and Other Stories." Entries for the individual titles, including the title story, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. All Agatha Christie's Poirot short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Hercule Poirot Short Story." "The one and only Hercule Poirot had never been bested in the game of crime and punishment, but now he faced the most lethal lineup ever to try to break his winning streak into bloody bits. Nine perverse puzzles, each more perplexing than the last. Nine cunning, culprits, masters of murder and menace, deceit and disappearance. Nine paths of peril, each leading to a startling solution. Nine new proofs positive that no matter what the odds against him, Hercule Poirot is unbeatable as the greatest detective of them all ..."--BOOK COVER Indomitable detective Hercule Poirot is pitted against nine cunning adversaries in nine tales of murder, deception, terror, disappearance, and suspense, including "The Plymouth Express," "The King of Clubs," "The Affair at the Victory Ball, " and the title story. Reissue.