
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!