Problem at Sea

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

On a ship bound for Egypt, Poirot meets the unusual Clappertons. When the ship docks at Alexandria, Mrs. Clapperton is heard to shout from behind her cabin door that she would prefer to stay on board and her husband heads off into port. Upon his return, Mrs. Clapperton is found stabbed to death in her bed!

The Problem at Sea was published in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories and in Poirot's Early Cases.

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