Author: Agatha Christie
Poirot and Hastings are dining with a friend when their meal is interrupted by an urgent phone call for help. When they arrive at Count Foscatini's lodgings, the man is dead. Who killed the Count?
I found this story to be a bit cliche (mafia, corrupt officials, etc), but it was written nearly 100 years ago...so not so cliche back then. Interesting case! Poirot as usual solves the case based on the smallest of clues. Chalk another one up to his fabulous little grey cells!
Agatha Christie's Poirot adapted this story for television (Season 5, episode 5). The show makes quite a few changes and embellishments to fill an hour time slot...but the episode remains basically true to the original story.
I'm enjoying these brief Poirot stories. Christie wrote the first few Hercule Poirot short stories while on a round the world trip. She led such an interesting life! Just as authors today put out short stories and novellas to pull in readers for their novels, Christie published more than 20 of these short Poirot cases after publication of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I wish I could get ahold of a copy of The Sketch or The Blue Book magazine just to see all the stories from various authors of the day, advertisements, etc.
I'm on a reading journey to enjoy all of Christie's writing in publication order. She has been my favorite author for decades...and I've always wanted to read every book and every story. So, finally doing it!! Having a great time!
On to the next story: The Case of the Missing Will!
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