Problem at Pollensa Bay [short story]

by Agatha Christie

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An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Parker Pyne is on holiday at the Hotel Pino D'Oro on the island of Mallorca. Unfortunately also staying at the hotel are two fellow British guests, Mrs. Adela Chester and her dutiful young son, Basil. When Mrs. Chester discovers that Pyne is a "wizard" at solving human problems, she calls on him to save Basil from a most unsuitable marriage.… (more)

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Problem at Pollensa Bay [short story]

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Siren Business

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1936-09-05

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Christopher Parker Pyne

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Pollença, Majorca, Spain

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The steamer from Barcelona to Majorca landed Mr. Parker Pyne at Palma in the early hours of the morning--and straightaway he met with disillusionment.

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This is a short story, do not combine with the anthology Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories. Originally published as "Siren Business."

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An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Parker Pyne is on holiday at the Hotel Pino D'Oro on the island of Mallorca. Unfortunately also staying at the hotel are two fellow British guests, Mrs. Adela Chester and her dutiful young son, Basil. When Mrs. Chester discovers that Pyne is a "wizard" at solving human problems, she calls on him to save Basil from a most unsuitable marriage.

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Christopher Parker Pyne is vacationing at Pollensa (Pollença), Spain, when he becomes embroiled in the affairs of two other English tourists: a mother and son at odds about the son's fiancée.

September 5, 1936 (Volume 13, Number 36) issue of Liberty magazine under the title "Siren Business" with an illustration by James Montgomery Flagg. Wikipedia page

In: Agatha Christie, 13 for Luck! (New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.) pp. 194-212

----- Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (New York : Berkeley Books, 1984), pp. 79-101
.-----Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories

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