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The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-08)
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Sep 10, 2022
bookshelves: agatha-christie, audio, crime, hoopla, mystery, read-in-2022, short-stories, read-in-a-different-collection
Whodunnit?
Poirot and Hastings get called to a politician's house when the plans for a hush-hush submarine get stolen.
Lord Alloway, a mover and shaker in England's political circles and possibly the next Prime Minister, is hosting a house party when he realizes that top secret plans for the Allies' new Z-type sub. And who should be one of the guests but Mrs. Conroy, a beautiful woman who is already suspected of being someone who sells secrets to England's enemies.
Case solved, right?
Mais non! Because she has the alibi unshakable!
It's not what you think in this strange tale of spies, lies, blackmail, and (most surprising of all!) morally upright politicians.
The idea for this was slightly expanded upon in the longer novella The Incredible Theft.
Man, I'm finding that Agatha did that a lot!
First published in The Sketch in 1923.
Read as part of the short story collection The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot.
Poirot and Hastings get called to a politician's house when the plans for a hush-hush submarine get stolen.
Lord Alloway, a mover and shaker in England's political circles and possibly the next Prime Minister, is hosting a house party when he realizes that top secret plans for the Allies' new Z-type sub. And who should be one of the guests but Mrs. Conroy, a beautiful woman who is already suspected of being someone who sells secrets to England's enemies.
Case solved, right?
Mais non! Because she has the alibi unshakable!
It's not what you think in this strange tale of spies, lies, blackmail, and (most surprising of all!) morally upright politicians.
The idea for this was slightly expanded upon in the longer novella The Incredible Theft.
Man, I'm finding that Agatha did that a lot!
First published in The Sketch in 1923.
Read as part of the short story collection The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot.
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Sep 12, 2022 10:52AM
Another fantabulous review, Anne!
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Thanks, Meghna! You're very sweet!
Hahaha ... morally upright politicians! I think you're making me want to read some Agatha Christie now! Thanks for the great reviews!
Yeah, go grab one of her books. There's plenty to choose from.
Sorry, Anne, but whenever you write 'England' you should be writing 'The United Kingdom'. Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are NOT parts of England and it's extremely offensive to refer to the Scots, Welsh and N. Irish as 'English'. Agatha Christie was English, and had the inbred arrogance of the English at that time; it was habitual for English writers to erase the existence of the other nations of the UK.
