The Mystery of Three Quarters
THE NEW HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY
SOPHIE HANNAH
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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780008264451
Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008264475
Version: 2020-07-28
For Faith Tilleray,
who has gone above and beyond,
and taught me so much
Contents
Chapter 2: Intolerable Provocation
Chapter 5: A Letter with a Hole in it
Chapter 8: Poirot Issues Some Instructions
Chapter 10: Some Important Questions
Chapter 12: Many Ruined Alibis
Chapter 14: At Combingham Hall
Chapter 15: The Scene of the Possible Crime
Chapter 16: The Opportunity Man
Chapter 18: Mrs Dockerill’s Discovery