The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available as an ebook. Hercule Poirot and Hastings are staying at the 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 best-known 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… The two suspects are Mrs. Opalsen’s maid and the hotel chambermaid, but both blame the other. Who is the real thief? Will they be able to find the thief, or is there a deeper conspiracy behind it.


Genre: Mystery