The Incredible Theft {novella}
by Agatha Christie
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Previously published in the print anthology Murder in the Mews: Four Cases of Hercule Poirot. When the specifications for a new bomber plane are stolen, the Air Marshal enlists Hercule Poirot to help him find the culprit.Tags
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Set in the run up to WW2, Hercule Poirot is called into solve what seems to be the theft of some plans for a bomber. They have bene taken from Lord Maybury's house, he's in a position of power in the government and seems to be a fictional figure in a Churchillian mould. There is the obvious suspect - who has a clear alibi, the hard up younger son, the gambling wife, the possible accomplice and a shadow seen crossing the terrace from the study. I had a solution - it turned out to be wrong. It's a tightly packaged little thing.
Lord Charles Mayfield is throwing a house party to conceal a meeting to discuss top-secret plans for a fighter plane, as well as catching out a spy in the process. But the plans are snatched and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the mystery. Enjoyable.
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One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England. She wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, launching a literary career that spanned decades. In her lifetime, she authored 79 crime novels and a short story collection, 19 show more plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language with another billion in 44 foreign languages. Some of her most famous titles include Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery of the Blue Train, And Then There Were None, 13 at Dinner and The Sittaford Mystery. Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Clocks / Third Girl / Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie (indirect)
The Body in the Library | Three Act Tragedy | Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (indirect)
Death on the Nile / Murder in the Mews / Appointment with Death / Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie (indirect)
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- Canonical title
- The Incredible Theft {novella}
- Original title
- The incredible theft
- Original publication date
- 1937-03
- People/Characters
- Hercule Poirot; Lord Mayfield (Sir Charles McLaughlin); George Carrington; Julia Carrington; Reggie Carrington; Mrs. Vanderlyn (show all 9); Mrs. Macatta; Mr. Carlile; Leonie
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a reworking of "The Submarine Plans." Do not combine these two titles.
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, Finnish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
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