The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

Bewitching Mrs. Clayton appeals to Poirot to help exonerate her lover Major Rich, indicted for her husband’s murder. Mr. Clayton’s body had been found in a chest, but who put it there?

The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest was published in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories and also in While the Light Lasts. It was adapted for television and starred David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

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