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The Incredible Theft

Poirot is enlisted to help Air Marshall Sir George Carrington find out who has stolen the specifications of a new bomber.  Most curious is the inclusion in his guest list of the rather exotic Mrs Vanderlyn.

Originally published in 1924 in The Sketch as The Submarine Plans this story was expanded in 1937 into The Incredible Theft.  Filmed for television in 1989 with David Suchet as Poirot. 

Published in Murder in the Mews.

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