Poirot Investigates (abridged edition)

<p>THE MILLION DOLLAR BOND ROBBERY<br />The fiancée of Philip Ridgeway asks Poirot to prove his innocence. Ridgeway is the nephew of Mr Vavasour the joint general manager of the London and Scottish Bank and a million dollars of bonds have gone missing whilst in his care. Poirot meets Ridgeway at the Cheshire Cheese to hear the facts of the case: Ridgeway was entrusted by his uncle and the other general manager Mr Shaw with taking a million dollars of Liberty bonds to New York to extend the bank's credit line there.<br />    <br />The Kidnapped Prime Minister<br />Towards the end of the First World War Hastings calls on Poirot in his rooms to discuss the sensational news of the day - the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister David MacAdam. They are interrupted by two visitors: Lord Estair Leader of the House of Commons and Bernard Dodge a member of the War Cabinet.<br />            <br />The Adventure of the “Western Star”<br />Poirot receives a visit from Miss Mary Marvell the famous American film star on her visit to London. She has received three letters handed to her by a Chinese man which warn her to return her fabulous diamond jewel the "Western Star" to where it came from – the left eye of an idol – before the next full moon. Her husband Gregory Rolf who bought it from a Chinese man in San Francisco gave Mary the jewel three years ago.</p>