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8. Magnolia Blossom *** Not a crime story. As a woman is about to leave her husband for her lover she learns that his business firm has gone bankrupt. She chooses to return to her husband in order to help him through the crisis. But what she then learns may yet change her mind. First published in the Royal Magazine in March 1926.

7. Next to a Dog ** Not a crime story. A war-widow can’t find employment as a governess as she refuses to leave her invalid dog behind. The dog is her emotional crutch and single tie back to her deceased husband. She may be forced to marry a man that she hates. in order to survive. First published in the Grand Magazine in September 1929.

6. The Love Detectives *** Mr. Satterthwaite is dining with a local chief constable when they are called out to a murder scene and encounter the mysterious Mr. Harley Quin on the road. They carry on together and find that the wife and her lover are covering up for each other at the scene of the crime. First published in The Story-Teller magazine December 1926.

5. The Regatta Mystery A rare diamond goes missing at a dinner party from a locked room where apparently no one had the opportunity to remove it. A young man is the prime suspect and he goes to Parker Pyne to ask for help. Originally published as Hercule Poirot and the Regatta Mystery in The Strand magazine June 1936, but was later changed to a Parker Pyne story.