The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings... n n n First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the `suicide that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoahs tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and, finally, the mystery of the missing willl. n n n What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot! n