The Veiled Lady (Hercule Poirot Short Story)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

An illustrated short story from the queen of crime. Poirot tells Hastings that the criminals of England fear him too much, so he has no cases. Hastings describes a recent theft from a jeweller's shop window in Bond Street. The perpetrator was arrested on the spot, yet he had paste copies of the six stolen stones on him, having immediately passed the real jewels to an accomplice.

A heavily veiled lady arrives. She is Lady Millicent Castle Vaughan whose engagement to the Duke of Southshire was recently announced. At age sixteen she wrote a letter to a soldier; this letter would surely anger her fiancé, and it is held by Mr. Lavington. He is demanding twenty thousand pounds for its return, a sum she cannot afford. She went to Lavington's house in Wimbledon to plead with him. He showed her the letter in a Chinese puzzle box that he keeps in a place she will never find.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974936113
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com