The Hunter’s Lodge Case and Other Stories

Christie is perhaps the world’s most famous mystery writer. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 15 short-story collections. She created memorable and dignified characters which any class of readers could relate to. Agatha was adept at combining period subject matter with delicate story development creative plot structure and psychology. This book is a collection of 6 brilliant stories by Christie which will undoubtedly show you how the combination of murder and good writing made her one of the best writers in history. The Hunters Lodge Case is a short story written by Agatha Christie which was first published in 1923. In 1924 the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates. Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot now London based tasks his friend Arthur Hastings with solving a murder that is more like a riddle. It occurs at a hunting lodge. The owner has been murdered and his nephew Mr. Roger Hovering requests Poirot to investigate the murder of his uncle at his hunting lodge in Derbyshire. Poirot is ill in bed and so Hastings travels there while Poirot solves the case by remote control.