Author: Agatha Christie
This is a very short, but enjoyable, Poirot mystery. A substantial amount in bonds from a London bank are stolen on board a ship bound for New York. The young banker in charge of the bonds declares his innocence and says it's like the bonds just disappeared into thin air. The package disappeared from a trunk tightly fastened with a lock....which was still locked when the ship arrived at port. So, who took the bonds?? And how?? Poirot is on the case!
Great story, despite being the shortest so far! Amazing what interesting mysteries Christie could scrunch into just a few pages. :)
The television show, Agatha Christie's Poirot, adapted this story for television (Series 3, episode 2). The script had to make quite a few changes/additions for this one to be full episode length. But they did a great job as usual! I didn't mind the changes and David Suchet was fantastic as Poirot!
On to the next story: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat!
I am having a great time reading Christie's writings in publication order! I am reading The Man in the Brown Suit while also reading these early Poirot short stories. Agatha Christie has been my favorite author since I was 9 years old and read my first Hercule Poirot book! It might take me awhile to read all of her writings -- 66 novels, 165 short stories, several plays and various other writings -- but I'm going to love every minute of it!
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