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Agatha Christie
Detectives
and Young Adventurers The Complete Short Stories
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This collection first published 2008
Copyright © 2008 Agatha Christie Ltd.
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Source ISBN: 9780007284191
Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007438983 Version: 2017-11-20
Contents
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Part One - Tommy & Tuppence: Young Adventurers Ltd
Author’s Foreword
Chapter 1 - A Fairy in the Flat
Chapter 2 - The Affair of the Pink Pearl
Chapter 3 - The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger
Chapter 4 - Finessing the King
Chapter 5 - The Case of the Missing Lady
Chapter 6 - Blindman’s Buff
Chapter 7 - The Man in the Mist
Chapter 8 - The Crackler
Chapter 9 - The Sunningdale Mystery
Chapter 10 - The House of Lurking Death
Chapter 11 - The Unbreakable Alibi
Chapter 12 - The Clergyman’s Daughter
Chapter 13 - The Ambassador’s Boots
Chapter 14 - The Man Who Was No. 16
Part Two - The Mysterious Harley Quin
Author’s Foreword
Chapter 1 - The Coming of Mr Quin
Chapter 2 - The Shadow on the Glass
Chapter 3 - At the ‘Bells and Motley’
Chapter 4 - The Sign in the Sky
Chapter 5 - The Soul of the Croupier
Chapter 6 - The Man from the Sea
Chapter 7 - The Voice in the Dark
Chapter 8 - The Face of Helen
Chapter 9 - The Dead Harlequin
Chapter 10 - The Bird with the Broken Wing
Chapter 11 - The World’s End
Chapter 12 - Harlequin’s Lane
Chapter 13 - The Love Detectives
Chapter 14 - The Harlequin Tea Set
Part Three - Parker Pyne, Investigator
Author’s Foreword
Chapter 1 - The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
Chapter 2 - The Case of the Discontented Soldier
Chapter 3 - The Case of the Distressed Lady
Chapter 4 - The Case of the Discontented Husband
Chapter 5 - The Case of the City Clerk
Chapter 6 - The Case of the Rich Woman
Chapter 7 - Have You Got Everything You Want?
Chapter 8 - The Gate of Baghdad
Chapter 9 - The House at Shiraz
Chapter 10 - The Pearl of Price
Chapter 11 - Death on the Nile
Chapter 12 - The Oracle at Delphi
Chapter 13 - Problem at Pollensa Bay
Chapter 14 - The Regatta Mystery
Part Four - Hercule Poirot: Belgian Detective
Editor’s note
Chapter 1 - The Submarine Plans
Chapter 2 - Christmas Adventure
Chapter 3 - The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
Chapter 4 - The Second Gong
Postscript - The Christmas Stories
Editor’s note
Chapter 1 - Star Over Bethlehem
Chapter 2 - The Naughty Donkey
Chapter 3 - The Water Bus
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