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The Market Basing Mystery

A Hercule Poirot Short Story

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The Market Basing Mystery

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet
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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Holidaying in the countryside and enjoying a quiet breakfast Hastings, Inspector Japp and Poirot are disturbed by a local police officer who needs their help to solve a case. A man has been found shot through the head in a locked room with suicide well and truly ruled out how did he die?

©1951 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2026 HarperCollins Publishers
Anthologies & Short Stories Cosy Crime Thrillers Historical Mystery Short Stories Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives

Critic reviews

‘The plots are so good that one marvels … most of them would have made a full length thriller.’ Daily Mirror

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