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    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
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    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

    By Agatha Christie

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    • Mystery

    • Crime

    • Detective Fiction

    • Investigation

    • Disappearance

    • Amateur Detective

    • Whodunit

    • Amateur Sleuth

    • Red Herring

    • Detective Story

    • Missing Person

    • Butler Did It

    • Closed Circle of Suspects

    • Game's Afoot

    • Culinary Mystery

    About this ebook

    In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook,” Poirot is asked by a Mrs Todd to investigate the sudden departure of her cook, Eliza. When elements of the case seem to correspond to miscellaneous articles read aloud from yesterday’s paper to him by Hastings, Poirot begins to unravel a devilishly complex plot. This short story originally appeared in the November 14, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9781974936236
    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the bestselling novelist of all time. The first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, she published eighty mystery novels and many short story collections and created such iconic fictional detectives as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. She is known around the world as the Queen of Crime.

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      Mrs Todd persuades Poirot to investigate the disappearance of her cook - Eliza Dunn. Another enjoyable short mystery

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    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook - Agatha Christie

    THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLAPHAM COOK

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery

    By

    AGATHA CHRISTIE

    This edition published by Dreamscape Media LLC, 2018

    www.dreamscapeab.com * [email protected]

    1417 Timberwolf Drive, Holland, OH 43528

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    Table of Contents

    About Agatha Christie

    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

    About Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. She is best known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short-story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature.

    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

    AT the time that I was sharing rooms with my friend Hercule Poirot, it was my custom to read aloud to him the headlines in the morning newspaper, The Daily Blare.

    The Daily Blare was a paper that made the most of any opportunity for sensationalism. Robberies and murders did not lurk obscurely in its back pages. Instead they hit you in the eye in large type on the front page.

    ABSCONDING BANK CLERK DISAPPEARS WITH FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS’ WORTH OF NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, I read.

    HUSBAND PUTS HIS HEAD IN GAS OVEN. UNHAPPY HOME LIFE.

    MISSING TYPIST. PRETTY GIRL

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