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Double Sin [short story]

by Agatha Christie

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Double Sin and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie's Poirot: Double Sin [and] Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat [1990 TV Episodes] by Richard Spence

Poirot - Double Sin [DVD] by Richard Spence

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Double Sin [short story]

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By Road or Rail

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Arthur Hastings

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Ebermouth, Devon, England, UK

Charlock Bay, Devon, England, UK

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I had called at my friend Poirot's rooms to find him sadly overworked.

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"Double Sin" was first published as "By Road or Rail" in the Sunday Dispatch, 23 September 1928

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Taking a tour bus to Charlock Bay to help his friend Joseph Aarons, Poirot and Hastings meet an indiscreet young woman who foolishly talks about the valuable miniatures that she has in her checked suitcase. Poirot takes the case when the miniature disappear en route.

In: Agatha Christie, Masterpieces in Miniature, pp. 500-514.
-----Double Sin & other stories
-----Poirot's Early Cases

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