Author: Agatha Christie
When a banker disappears, Inspector Japp bets Poirot £5 that he can't solve the case without leaving his house. Poirot takes the bet and vows to discover what happened to the missing man within a week.
So far, this is my favorite of the early Hercule Poirot short stories. It shows the true friendship between Inspector Japp, Hastings, and Poirot.....with a bit of competition/friendly wagering added of course! Plus, Poirot definitely uses all of his little grey cells to figure out the case without even leaving his house. Fun story to read!
The long-running television show, Agatha Christie's Poirot, has an episode based on this short story: Series 2, episode 6. I am watching each television episode after I finish reading the original short story. The television scripts change a few things here and there, but keep the barebones of the stories intact. The writers did a great job fleshing out these short stories into full-length television episodes. And the cast of the show -- especially David Suchet -- always does an excellent job! The episode based on this story is very entertaining and quite faithful to the source. I watched it on BritBox, but it is also available on YouTube.
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