The Lost Mine (Hercule Poirot Short Story)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

An illustrated short story from the queen of crime. Hercule Poirot always kept a healthy symmetrical balance in the bank of four hundred forty-four pounds, four and four pence. But what about investments? Hastings proposes he buy shares worth three hundred pounds in oil fields promising a yield of 100% in one year! No need for speculative behavior, as Poirot explains, for the exercise of his little grey cells was rewarded with fourteen thousand shares by the Burma Mines, Ltd. Hastings wants to know more...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479441808
Publisher:	Wildside Press
Publication date:	02/07/2019
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
Sales rank:	750,828
File size:	98 KB

About the Author

Agatha Christie published her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, and went on to become one of the most famous writers in history, with mysteries like Murder at the Vicarage, Partners in Crime and Sad Cypress. She sold billions of copies of her work, and was also a noted playwright and romance author. She died on January 12, 1976.

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