Stories: The Case of the City Clerk

With his family on holiday, the conventional Mr Roberts goes to Parker Pyne seeking to inject excitement into his drab life. Before long Roberts finds more romance and intrigue than he’d bargained for.

Stories: The Case of the Discontented Husband

A young husband fears his wife is bored of him and enlists Parker Pyne’s assistance in recovering her affections.

Stories: The Case of the Discontented Soldier

The recently retired Major Wilbraham is bored and unhappy so he answers Parker Pyne’s newspaper ad. Before long he embarks on a daring adventure to find treasure in the wilds of Africa.

Stories: The Regatta Mystery

When a young woman performs a magic trick to vanish a diamond and it is truly lost, Parker Pyne must get to the bottom of the mystery. From The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories and Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories.

Stories: The Case of the Distressed Lady

Daphne St John enlists Parker Pyne’s aid. Having stolen a diamond to pay gambling debts, she needs help to return it without its owner noticing...

Stories: The Pearl of Price

On his travels Parker Pyne joins a party of people from Amman, through Jordon to Petra. When talk turns to the nature of honesty and a pearl earring goes missing, the group suspect each other of theft. From Parker Pyne Investigates.

Stories: The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife

When Mrs Packington, whose husband is paying more attention to a secretary, answers an ad in the papers and she soon finds herself being swept off her feet by the handsome Mr Luttrell. From Parker Pyne Investigates

Stories: The Case of the Rich Woman

Mrs Abner Rymer may be a rich widow but she is shunned by her friends and is very lonely. After Parker Pyne takes her to see Dr Constantine, Mrs Rymer passes out and awakens with a totally different identity. From Parker Pyne Investigates.

Stories: The Gate of Baghdad

Parker Pyne is touring the Middle East when one of the officers, Smethurst, tells Pyne he’s worried about something. Smethurst is killed before he can reveal the full story and it's up to Pyne to find out why... From Parker Pyne Investigates.

Stories: The House at Shiraz

Parker Pyne hears of a mysterious woman, living alone in a house in Shiraz, refusing to see anyone from England and insisting she is a native. From Parker Pyne Investigates.