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    The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
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    The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

    By Agatha Christie

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    In Agatha Christie’s “The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan,” Poirot and Hastings are called on to solve the case of Mrs. Opalsen’s missing set of pearls, apparently stolen during a stay at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel. The two suspects are Mrs. Opalsen’s maid and the hotel chambermaid, but both blame the other. Who is the real thief? This short story originally appeared in the March 14, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9781974935871
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan - Agatha Christie

      THE JEWEL ROBBERY AT THE GRAND METROPOLITAN

      A Hercule Poirot Mystery

      By

      AGATHA CHRISTIE

      This edition published by Dreamscape Media LLC, 2018

      www.dreamscapeab.com * info@dreamscapeab.com

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      About Agatha Christie

      The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

      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 Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

      POIROT, I said, a change of air would do you good.

      "You think so, mon ami?"

      I am sure of it. 

      Eh—eh? said my friend, smiling, It is all arranged, then? 

      "You will come?’’ 

      Where do you propose to take me? 

      "Brighton. As a matter of fact, a friend of mine in the City put me on to a very good thing, and—well, I have money to bum, as the saying goes. I think a weekend at the Grand Metropolitan would do us all the good in the world." 

      "Thank you. I accept most gratefully. You have the good heart to think of an old man. And the good

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