Contents:
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan: A Hercule Poirot Short Story. The Affair at the Victory Ball: The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim: The Coming of Mr Quin: An Agatha Christie Short Story. A Miss Marple Short Story. The Tuesday Night Club: Jane in Search of a Job: The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: The Affair of the Pink Pearl: The House at Shiraz: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: The Thumb Mark of St Peter: The Witness for the Prosecution: The Harlequin Tea Set: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: The Gate of Baghdad: Tales from the Deed Box of John H.
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery: Death on the Nile Poirot. The Murder on the Links Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express Poirot. And Then There Were None. The Man in the Brown Suit. The New Hercule Poirot Mystery. Five Little Pigs Poirot. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Poirot.
The Mystery of Three Quarters: Murder in Mesopotamia Poirot. Taken At The Flood Poirot. They Came to Baghdad. The Shadow on the Glass: Appointment with Death Poirot. In a Glass Darkly: Problem at Pollensa Bay. The House of Lurking Death: Evil Under the Sun Poirot. The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife: The Market Basing Mystery: While the Light Lasts.
Lord Edgware Dies Poirot. The Manhood of Edward Robinson: Three Act Tragedy Poirot. The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor: The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley: The Affair at the Bungalow: The Man in the Mist: Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again.
Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Kidnapped Prime Minister: A Short Story by Agatha Christie. Just as World War I is drawing to an end, the prime minister is kidnapped. It is down to Hercule Poirot to locate him before a crucial conference, to avert an international crisis.
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Murphy has also disappeared, the P. The Man in the Brown Suit. The flat is locked but the manager of the building opens it for them. Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie: Once in Boulogne he refuses to join in the search but sits in his hotel room and thinks for several hours. Together they made for a fun mystery and I enjoyed this one.
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Just as World War I is drawing to an end, the prime minister is kidnapped. It is down to Hercule Poirot to locate him before a crucial conference, to avert an. The Kidnapped Prime Minister: A Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Kindle edition by Agatha Christie. Download it once and read it on your.
I don't remember reading it, which is a nice surprise for me and an Agatha Christie book. A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Just as the end of the First World War is drawing to an end, the prime minister is kidnapped and it is down to Hercule Poirot to locate him and avert an international crisis before a crucial conference convenes.
The episode and the story are very very close in the course they steer.
The difference is that the story is set at the end of WWI and the episode is set, as are all the Poirot episodes, in the s. The main change this causes is that the Versailles conference is no longer the P. The German spy ring is replaced by an Irish Nationalist ring attempting to cause trouble for England, but otherwise everything remains status quo. Ma Christie does a creditable job with this early story; the espionage stories are generally more likely to age well, since bringing them up to period is easier.
Espionage is evergreen, after all.
Who doesn't love a little political intrigue now and then? Poirot sure took his sweet time solving this one, but it all turned out fine in the end. Poor Hastings, as always, was confused until the very last moment. Not too bright, but a marvelous narrator. The spot of grease. He is gone" Delightful. I enjoyed this one well I always enjoy Christie, particularly Poirot, especially when he is with Hastings. As in the title, the PM is kidnapped and Poirot's little grey cells are employed to figure out how, where, who, etc.. It's kind of obvious roughly what has happened, especially when you're familiar with Agatha's writing, but as is usually the case, at least for me, it's not "At last.
Feb 14, Traci Shipley rated it really liked it. Poirot's little grey cells do short work of this mystery. Jul 15, Lara rated it really liked it Shelves: After a bit of running around, Mr.
Poirot uses his little grey cells to solve this wartime mystery. Jun 12, John Yelverton rated it really liked it.
It's a pretty decent mystery that, quite frankly, felt completely like a Sherlock Holmes story right down to the ending. Jan 06, bella rated it really liked it. Poirot learns that the Prime Minister is shot, and later hears that it was not fatal, but he has been kidnapped.
Putting his grey cells together with Inspector Japp he tries to solve the mystery and locate the Prime Minister before it's too late. I like the mysteries without the murder. It's good to know that Poirot isn't just surrounded by dead bodies, he's trying to stop there be murder too! In this case it's the Prime Minister of England and as usual Poirot has it in hand. Poirot and Japp have chemistry together. Japp holds a certain reverence for Poirot and his detective skills and of course Poirot in his own conceited way loves this.
Together they made for a fun mystery and I enjoyed this one.