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Stories: The Augean Stables
One of Poirot's labours - when the Home Secretary uses the phrase "The Augean Stables", Poirot decides to assist the current Prime Minister in keeping his good name clear. From The Labours of Hercules.
Stories: The Girdle of Hyppolita
One of Poirot's labours - two cases; a missing painting and a missing girl. Poirot is only interested in one, but soon finds he must tackle them both. From The Labours of Hercules.
Stories: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
A million dollars of bonds disappear from under a young man’s nose and now he’s being held accountable. From Poirot Investigates.
Stories: Evil Under The Sun
It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun… she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena’s arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent ‘crime of passion’ have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?
Stories: After the Funeral
The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
Stories: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments? A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now – in the words of the rhyme – can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?
Stories: The Mystery of the Blue Train
Aboard the luxurious Blue Train running from London to the Riviera, pampered millionaire's daughter Ruth Kettering is murdered, her expensive jewels stolen. But Poirot is at hand to solve the case.
