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The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan - A Hercule Poirot Short Story - cover

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The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan - A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Agatha Christie

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

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Summary

Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs. Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the best-known jewels in the world. Excited by his anecdotes, the wealthy matron eagerly offers to show him a very expensive pearl necklace, but when she goes to retrieve it, she discovers that it has been stolen...
Available since: 05/08/2013.

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