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Series: Hercule Poirot (1.1)

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Previously published in the print anthology Poirot's Early Cases.

The Lemesurier family is plagued by a medieval curse, ensuring that no firstborn son will ever receive his inheritance. Can Hercule Poirot solve the riddle of the curse?

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The Lemesurier Inheritance [short story] by Agatha Christie

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One of the few where I guessed the right answer! ( )
  blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |
The ending surprised me. I like it. ( )
  CathyChou | Mar 11, 2022 |
The curse of The Lemesurier Inheritance states that no first born shall inherit. Can Poirot help the latest eldest son survive.
Enjoyable short mystery ( )
  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
Probably not the best idea to jump into a long series with a short story. This book was part of Bonus Borrow on Hoopla as a Covid Special (I'm guessing) that do not count towards your monthly limit. ( )
  xKayx | Dec 14, 2020 |
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In company with Poirot, I have investigated many strange cases, but none, I think, to compare with that extraordinary series of events which held our interest over a period of many years, and which culminated in the ultimate problem brought to Poirot to solve.
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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML:

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot's Early Cases.

The Lemesurier family is plagued by a medieval curse, ensuring that no firstborn son will ever receive his inheritance. Can Hercule Poirot solve the riddle of the curse?

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The Lemesuriers are supposed to be under a medieval curse derived from a medieval ancestor of the family - he suspected his wife of being unfaithful and that their son was not his own. As punishment he murdered them both and dying she cursed his family to never have a first-born son live to inherit. Hercule Poirot and Hasting meet the latest heir, an eldest son, but he apparently commits suicide that night. After the death of another heir, the mother of the next heir asks Poirot to protect her son, who has suffered some potentially fatal accidents. Can the fatal curse be true? Or can Hercule Poirot solve the riddle on time?
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