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The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-11)
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Sep 14, 2022
bookshelves: read-in-a-different-collection, agatha-christie, audio, crime, hoopla, mystery, read-in-2022, short-stories
A heavily insured man facing financial ruin suddenly drops dead, leaving his much-younger wife set for life.
The insurance company wants Poirot to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death before they pay up, though. And so, with Hastings in tow, Hercule takes a trip to Essex to visit Marsdon Manor to see if anything looks fishy.
The doctor swears it was natural causes, as there was blood in his mouth that seems to point to some kind of aneurysm. And the beautiful widow appears to be genuinely grieving with her red-rimmed eyes and shaky demeanor.
But the sudden appearance of a young man at the manor gives Poirot an idea. And after a word association game is played, he has his answer.
One appearance of a vengeful ghost later and the case is solved.
What?
Don't worry, it all makes sense in the story.
This was originally published in The Sketch magazine in 1923.
Read as part of the short story collection The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot.
The insurance company wants Poirot to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death before they pay up, though. And so, with Hastings in tow, Hercule takes a trip to Essex to visit Marsdon Manor to see if anything looks fishy.
The doctor swears it was natural causes, as there was blood in his mouth that seems to point to some kind of aneurysm. And the beautiful widow appears to be genuinely grieving with her red-rimmed eyes and shaky demeanor.
But the sudden appearance of a young man at the manor gives Poirot an idea. And after a word association game is played, he has his answer.
One appearance of a vengeful ghost later and the case is solved.
What?
Don't worry, it all makes sense in the story.
This was originally published in The Sketch magazine in 1923.
Read as part of the short story collection The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot.
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September 12, 2022
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