Agatha Christie Short Stories 2025 #AgathaChristieSS25: SEPTEMBER

THE JEWEL ROBBERY AT THE GRAND METROPOLITAN

(A Hercule Poirot story)

Poirot can’t resist a case, even when holidaying in Brighton with Hastings. A pearl necklace is stolen from a hotel room – only two people could have done it. And only Hercule Poirot could solve it....

This was only the second of Agatha Christie's short stories to appear in print. In the UK, it appeared in The Sketch magazine on the 14th March 1923 as The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls and in the US it appeared in October 1923 as Mrs Opalsen's Pearls. It was first published as a book in the collection Poirot Investigates, 1924, by Bodley Head.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING LADY

(A Tommy and Tuppence story)

Having proved their deductive talents to the famous explorer Gabriel Stavansson, Tommy and Tuppence are entrusted with a new investigation: discovering the whereabouts of his missing fiancé, for which, they came across a sinister nursing home in the process. Tommy Beresford adopts a Holmesian mode for solving this case. | This story was published by Collins in the collection Partners in Crime, 1929. There was a stage performance of The Case of the Missing Lady in New York in 1950, although the details are unclear. It was apparently accompanied by a live broadcast. Both seems to be promising, especially the Poirot one (for me at least). Let's see how much we'll like them!

The Reviews: 1. My reviews for both stories