(poirot 36) pudding de navidad(c.2)

El robo de una joya perteneciente a la Corona de un estado oriental y el hallazgo de un cadáver en un antiguo cofre español son el punto de partida de dos relatos que ponen de manifiesto, una vez más, la legendaria sagacidad de Hércules Poirot para descubrir siempre al autor del delito. En El pudding de Navidad, un príncipe oriental inicia en Londres un romance con una muchacha de dudosa reputación, a la que regalará un rubí emblemático de las tradiciones de su país. Pronto la joven y la gema desaparecen y, para evitar el escándalo, son requeridos los servicios de Hércules Poirot. Relatos incluidos: —El pudding de Navidad —El misterio del cofre español —El inferior —La tarta de zarzamoras —El sueño —La locura de Greenshaw With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings—including what would appear to be the earliest Poirot short story, The Affair at the Victory Ball, which follows soon on the events of The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Two of the stories are narrated by Poirot himself, to Hastings. One, The Chocolate Box, concerns Poirot's early days on the Belgian police force, and the case that was his greatest failure: "My grey cells, they functioned not at all," Poirot admits. But otherwise, in this most fascinating collection, they function brilliantly, Poiro's grey cells, challenging the reader to keep pace at every twist and turn. A collection of seventeen short stories featuring the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot