Poirot and Captain Hastings try to solve the case of the missing pearl necklace of Mrs, Opalsen. She apparently finds out about the missing jewel only when she tries to show it to Poirot, Who has actually stolen the necklace Will Poirot be able to solve this case Agatha Christie will give you the answer to it in this book, A short story featuring Hercule Poirot, Delightful. Quick read. IMHO, a wonderful short story,
SYNOPSIS: "Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker, As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the bestknown jewels in the world.
Excited by his anecdotes, the wealthy matron eagerly offers to show him a very expensive pearl necklace, but when she goes to retrieve it, she discovers that it has been stolen" Captain Hastings invites Hercule Poirot to Brighton and the Grand Metropolitan Hotel for a weekend.
While talking to a wealthy stockbroker and his wife, Mrs, Opalsen, she insists on showing Poirot a pearl necklace only for it to have been stolen, Poirot is asked by Mrs Opalsen to discover her necklace,
An enjoyable short story mystery Rating:of five
The Publisher Says: Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker.
As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs, Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the bestknown jewels in the world, Excited by his anecdotes, the wealthy matron eagerly offers to show him a very expensive pearl necklace, but when she goes to retrieve it, she discovers that it has been stolen.
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My : Another sitelinkKindle Single and fifth season episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot,
The story is a simpler version of the same basic caper tale the episode tells, The pearls are part of a costume drama produced by the amusingly named Opalsons, a theatrical couple on their uppers and using the famous Russian pearls to promote their crap show.
The theft is tempting Poirot to forget the doctor's orders that he take it easy at the seaside, He's stressed and needs time off, And now there's a tiswas over incredibly valuable pearls stolen from under the nose of the ladies' maid after the opening of the crummy play that Opalson used Poirot to help promote Ha! Game on.
What a lark, and how different from the story, I think the criminals are the same in both versions, I truly enjoyed the enriched tale in the episode, Fun!
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This work is licensed under a sitelinkCreative Commons AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike,Unported License. or, Hastings gets bragged over by Poirot and people somehow steal jewels inseconds A solid quick work of fiction, Definitely didn't guess the ending, but I feel like she could have done better, it was a little bit confusing, kind of boring, and one of the suspects doesn't even really come into it so why suspect them when you haven't really introduced the reader to the character But other than that, enjoyable.
.rounded up. Enjoyable story with interesting plot, At last, compensation for services rendered, Not a bad short story, the crime and solving were interesting enough, however it was hurt by being what it isshort, I liked the idea that Poirot is so well established now that even when Hastings takes him on a weekend get away hes immediately recognized and needed to solve a crime.
Also, Im pretty sure Christie remarks that Hastings “knows nothing” in every single short story she writes,
Captain Hastings is the precursor to Jon Snow Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton when they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker.
As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs, Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the bestknown jewels in the world, Excited by his anecdotes, the wealthy matron eagerly offers to show him her most expensive piece, a pearl necklace, but when she goes to retrieve it from her room, she discovers that it has been stolen!
Librarian's note: this entry is for the story, "The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.
" Collections of short stories by the author can be found elsewhere on Goodreads, The individual entries for all Poirot short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Hercule Poirot Short Story, " A good story in general, predictable, Not too many characters. An easy one. It was ok, not very impressive, Hercule Poirot is invited to the Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton by Captain Hastings, While they are there Poirot meets a lady whose necklace is later stolen, It's up to Hercule Poirot to solve the crime,
A very enjoyable and clever little mystery! This was an excellent little mystery, Fun littleminute get away Hercule Poirot strikes again
Hastings and Poirot solved the mystery of the jewellery theft in record time! Personally, I enjoy the longer stories more than the short story format.
Did the French maid make off with Mrs, Opalsen's pearls
Nah, That would be too easy, right
When Poirot and Hasting run into a wealthy couple who have a love for jewels, they also run into sneakyass jewel thieves.
Can they stop them before a maybe innocent woman goes to jail for a crime she didn't commit
Well, if Poirot is on the case, then the answer is yes.
This was first published inin The Sketch magazine as The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls, In that same year, it was published in the US in The Blue Book Magazine under the title Mrs, Opalsen's Pearls.
Read as part of the short story collection sitelinkThe Early Cases of Hercule Poirot Average, as usual, but there are two facts which I didn't like: the probability of a theft just under Poirot's eyes and his
rudeness regarding Hastings.
This litte fellow is sometimes no more than a pricky cock, . . The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan is a Hercule Poirot short story first published in The Sketch magazine in the UK on March,, The original title was "The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls, '' In, the story was published in the US as "Mrs, Opalsen's Pearls. ''
In this second Poirot short story, the dapper Belgian is called on to help investigate the disappearance of a pearl necklace, Somehow the necklace was stolen right under the nose of Mrs, Opalsen's maid. Poirot sets out to prove how it was done, hopeful that he can recover the stolen property,
I'm enjoying these short Poirot stories, The characters aren't fleshed out and the plots are simple, but each is only a few pages long, so brevity is a necessity, The mystery and its solution are the goal, not the characters themselves. The tales are bare bones, quick reads, a flash of Poirot's magnificent little grey cells and done,
All in all, an entertaining short story! I've read a lot of Christie's novels over the years, . . but never read any of the short stories, I'm reading the text for each story in ebook format while listening to the audio just because I love hearing Poirot's dialogue in his accent, In this case, the narrator for the story was not David Suchet, but Charles Armstrong, Armstrong did a very good job! I'm reading text and listening to audio at the same time for the novels as well, but for different reasons. I have come across several newer editions of Christie's books that have a disclaimer about "editorial edits'' being made, I was very curious about those edits, so I'm reading the text in my older paperbacks while listening to unabridged audio from a newer edition,
The television series Agatha Christie's Poirot starring David Suchet as Poirot did an episode based on this short story Season, episode, The episode follows the basic plot, with a few changes and additions to stretch it to fill aminute episode, I streamed the episode on Britbox, but you can find it on YouTube as well,
On to the next story: The King of Clubs! Poirot really is the King of the Humble Brag, isn't he I just adore him, This was a great story, much less complicated and flashy when compared to the television adaptation, Christie is a really nononsense unless it is humorous nonsense, usually at her own expense sort of writer, And yet, she can take a crime that seems so simple or ordinary and make a wonderful story out of the solving of it, Another clever short story. I had originally thought that the husband was responsible since he made that comment about needing money but of course I was wrong, I enjoyed the more relaxed atmosphere between Poirot and Hastings since they were away from their normal surroundings for a weekend holiday by the sea, Meh. Too short to really be engrossing, I swear, all Hastings is good for is to get bullied by Poirot for our amusement,
"I see"Audiobook
"You see nothing, my friend," Poirot replied quickly, "As usual, nothing at all! It is incredible but there it is, "
Narrated by Hugh Fraser
minutes Short, but at least it made sense, As always, Agatha Christie uses brilliantly minute yet obvious once its pointed out details that reveal who the culprit is, It is highly admirable how she constantly brings new, yet no less clever, angles to her mysteries, I loved how Poirot knew that the chambermaid was behind the robbery and was not a real maid because the adjacent room to the crime had not been properly dusted.
The text pointed out that the furniture had a thin layer of dust but I did not make this connection, As usual, Poirot noticed details that went over the reader's head, I love that Christie is still able to surprise me regardless of how many of her stories I read,
My biggest complaint for this story is how all the action happened off page, We witnessed Poirot briefly investigate the robbery, but then he developed a hunch and left for London, leaving our narrator Hastings alone at the hotel none the wiser about whodunit.
We follow Hastings go out for lunch, meet up with some old friends, and putter around on his own while waiting for Poirot to return, Finally he finds the detective again only to be told that the case is over, Poirot proved his hunch, called the police, and the culprit was already revealed and arrested, It felt like we missed the payoff since the best part of a mystery is the grand reveal and takedown of the bad guy, Poirot summarized how he put the pieces together and called Inspector Japp, but this had the same effect as when I DNF a book and ask someone who finished it to relay what happened to me.
I felt removed from the resolution and denied what the entire story was building towards, This made it a deeply unsatisfying ending and I would have been more annoyed had the story not been so short,
The other criticism to note is how the characters kept referring to Mrs, Opalsen as fat. They must have said this word half a dozen times in aminute audiobook, Sure, this story was first published inwhen times were different, but it was still irritating and unnecessary to hear the character defined primarily by her size,
Overall this story was as clever as readers expect from Agatha Christie and brought the usual joys of reading her books, I especially enjoyed the short length of this installment since it was delightfully bitesized, I felt deprived of the best part of the mystery when the resolution happened off page, so this was not the Queen of Crime's best work, but it was still a solid mystery and returning to these characters is always a good time.
Fantastic little short Poirot story that pleasantly filled an hour, .