The Second Gong

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Short Story

Murder Method: Gunshot

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

How can a dead man have shot himself? The weapon is lying beside him and all the doors and windows are firmly closed. Surely Hercule Poirot can solve this ‘locked room’ mystery!

First published in 1932 in the UK in Strand Magazine it was later expanded into Dead Man’s Mirror.

It can be found in Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, and also in The Witness For The Prosecution and Other Stories in the US.

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