The Under Dog

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

When Poirot receives an invitation to dinner from Robert Astwell, he is happy to accept. When he arrives, however, he discovers that Astwell is universally disliked. When Astwell is discovered murdered there are no shortage of suspects!

This short story was adapted for television in 1993 and starred David Suchet as Poirot.

Published in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories and in The Under Dog and Other Stories in the US.

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