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The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

A Hercule Poirot Short Story

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The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio.

Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the case of the Spanish Chest, so obviously has it been reported in the papers that it seems an entirely closed book. But, when Hastings persuades Poirot to attend a rather fabulous party given by Lady Chatterton there is someone sequestered upstairs waiting for the pair’s help. She’s so sure that there has been some great mistake and is desperate for their help. Will the contents of the dead man’s pockets reveal to the inscrutable eye of Hercule Poirot who the culprit is?

©2020 Agatha Christie (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Short Stories Traditional Detectives Crime

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"The plots are so good that one marvels...most of them would have made a full length thriller." (Daily Mirror)
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Hugh Fraser does a great job with this Agatha Christie Poirot story.

Poirot is called upon by Lady Chatterton to protect her good friend Marguerite Clayton. Lady Chatterton is terrified that Marguerite's husband, Edward, with his violent temper will kill his poor wife. However, when Edward is found dead, stuffed into a Spanish Chest, Poirot must reassess the situation. Who could be responsible?

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