The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan audiobook

Hercule Poirot is invited to the Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton by Captain Hastings. While they are there Poirot meets a lady whose necklace is later stolen. It's up to Hercule Poirot to solve the crime.A very enjoyable and clever little mystery!

Did the French maid make off with Mrs. Opalsen's pearls?Nah. That would be too easy, right? When Poirot and Hasting run into a wealthy couple who have a love for jewels, they also run into sneaky-ass jewel thieves. Can they stop them before a (maybe?) innocent woman goes to jail for a crime she didn't commit?Well, if Poirot is on the case, then the answer is yes.This was first published in 1923 in The Sketch magazine as The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls. In that same year, it was published in the US in The Blue Book Magazine under the title Mrs. Opalsen's Pearls. Read as part of the short story collection The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan is a Hercule Poirot short story first published in The Sketch magazine in the UK on March 14, 1923. The original title was "The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls.'' In 1924, the story was published in the US as "Mrs. Opalsen's Pearls.'' In this second Poirot short story, the dapper Belgian is called on to help investigate the disappearance of a pearl necklace. Somehow the necklace was stolen right under the nose of Mrs. Opalsen's maid. Poirot sets out to prove how it was done, hopeful that he can recover the stolen property. I'm enjoying these short Poirot stories. The characters aren't fleshed out and the plots are simple....but each is only a few pages long, so brevity is a necessity. The mystery and its solution are the goal....not the characters themselves. The tales are bare bones, quick reads....a flash of Poirot's magnificent little grey cells and done. All in all, an entertaining short story! I've read a lot of Christie's novels over the years...but never read any of the short stories. I'm reading the text for each story in ebook format while listening to the audio just because I love hearing Poirot's dialogue in his accent. In this case, the narrator for the story was not David Suchet, but Charles Armstrong. Armstrong did a very good job! I'm reading text and listening to audio at the same time for the novels as well....but for different reasons. I have come across several newer editions of Christie's books that have a disclaimer about "editorial edits'' being made. I was very curious about those edits....so I'm reading the text in my older paperbacks while listening to unabridged audio from a newer edition. The television series Agatha Christie's Poirot starring David Suchet as Poirot did an episode based on this short story (Season 5, episode 8). The episode follows the basic plot, with a few changes and additions to stretch it to fill a 45 minute episode. I streamed the episode on Britbox, but you can find it on YouTube as well.On to the next story: The King of Clubs!

4 Stars. Is "The Grand Metropolitan" of the title really "The Grand Hotel" in Brighton, south of London on the English Channel? Built in the 1860s and still standing in all its expensive glory? It was the site of the IRA's assassination attempt on UK Prime Minister Thatcher in the 1980s. This Canadian colonial has never been to Brighton, but the description in Christie's "The Jewel Robbery .." is attractive! The twenty page short story was first published in 1923 and I read it in a collection titled "Poirot Investigates." Hastings believes our master detective needs a rest and he has money to burn so, "A weekend at the Grand Metropolitan would do us all the good in the world." Poirot accepts. The hotel dining room was filled on Saturday evening with, "All the world and his wife!" Many marvelous dresses and magnificent jewels on display! They strike up a conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Opalsen, and she insists on getting her necklace, the pearls are so perfect in colour, to show Poirot. But it's gone! The police and Poirot are called to investigate. How could it have been stolen when her maid, Celestine, was in that very room all the time? Or was she? (August 2020)

Detective Hercule Poirot is with his friend Captain Arthur Hastings at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel when a wealthy matron's pearls go missing in The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan by author Agatha Christie.I've read very little of Christie's work (so far, at least) and haven't done so since my adolescence. But I was in the mood for a good old-fashioned mystery, and though I do read murder mysteries from time to time, I more often look for mysteries that aren't about murder.And since I didn't have much time, it was the perfect occasion for an entertaining short story.No, I'd not read anything about Poirot and Hastings before, but that didn't make this any less enjoyable. The robbery case has just the number of twists to keep it interesting and all of the cleverness and the quirky-and-proper kind of humor I was hoping to find here.I'm sure I'll be reading more about Hercule Poirot, likely sooner than later.

** spoiler alert ** Another clever short story. I had originally thought that the husband was responsible since he made that comment about needing money but of course I was wrong. I enjoyed the more relaxed atmosphere between Poirot and Hastings since they were away from their normal surroundings for a weekend holiday by the sea.

At last, compensation for services rendered.

Fun little 30 minute get away

part of a collection of short stories called Poirot Investigates

JewelsFun story about a necklace theft and who had the access and opportunity to steal the necklace and how did they do it.

** spoiler alert ** Amazing second novel by Agatha Christie and apparently only a week after her first The Affair at the Victory Ball. Both are short stories fourteen pages long so if you are looking for a quick read why not choose this. This one is a simple but interesting plot.Whether it is murder or robbery Poirot has an interesting method of cracking the case. No matter how clever the baddies are a simple mark left on a dusty table is all Poirot needed to catch them this time. There were only two suspects, the two servants. The others have come to the wrong conclusion when in fact one suspect was framed by the other with a fake diamond. How did Poirot know it was fake straightaway? It does not really matter anyway enough said.