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13. The Market Basing Mystery *** Poirot and Hastings join Japp on a vacation excursion to Market Basing when the local constable asks for their assistance with a suicide which suspiciously looks like murder. Story first published in The Sketch on October 17, 1923 – Issue 1603. New version in Woman’s Journal in December 1936 and then collected in Murder in the Mews (Hercule Poirot #16 1937).

11. The Veiled Lady *** Poirot is asked to retrieve a compromising letter from the hands of a blackmailer. Story first published as The Case of the Veiled Lady in The Sketch on 3 October 3, 1923 – Issue 1601.

10. The Chocolate Box **** Poirot tells Hastings the story of his only failure, which occurred when he was with the Belgian police. Story first published as The Clue of the Chocolate Box in The Sketch on May 23, 1923 – Issue 1582.

9. The Plymouth Express **** Poirot is asked by an American steel magnate to solve the murder of his daughter whose body was found on a train. Story first published as The Mystery of the Plymouth Express in The Sketch on April 4, 1923 – Issue 1575. The story was later expanded into the novel The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot #6 1928).

8. The Lost Mine *** Poirot tells Hastings the story of how he recovered the map of a lost mine after its owner was found murdered. Story first published in The Sketch on November 21, 1923 – Issue 1608.

7. The Lemesurier Inheritance *** The Lemesurier family is haunted by a curse that the first-born will never inherit the family title and estate. A mother asks Poirot to intervene in order to save her first-born son. Story first published in The Sketch on December 18, 1923 – Issue 1612.

6. The King of Clubs *** A dancer escapes from a murder and bursts into a house where the family is playing bridge. The Crown Prince who plans to marry her asks Poirot to assure him that the dancer herself is innocent. Story first published as The Adventure of the King of Clubs in The Sketch on March 21, 1923 – Issue 1573.