The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

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Summary

Genre: Thriller, Detective

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

When little Johnnie Waverly is kidnapped there is only person his distraught parents consider turning to – the inimitable Hercule Poirot!

This short story was first published in the UK in 1924 in The Sketch as part of the series The Grey Cells of M. Poirot II. It was filmed for television in 1989 with David Suchet as Poirot.

Published in Poirot's Early Cases and also in Three Blind Mice and Other Stories in the US.

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