An uncommon-looking delivery boy is riding around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as Barney Northrup although the letters were signed with that name. In one day he had rented all of Sunset…
“Those who’d mistaken what was happening for a spiritual phenomenon — those people who had experienced so much unhappiness and hoped to be saved — they only wished it could be the truth. They saw things the way they did because of their pure desire to be saved by something great.…
Harriet Westaway lives in a rented old flat and earns her living by tarot reading. While struggling with debt, she receives a letter telling her that she’s inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother. It seems this is the best gift for her at this stage, but the…
The narrator, Anne Beddingfeld begins her adventure story with the introduction of her father. Her father is Professor Beddingfeld, was one of England’s greatest living authorities on Primitive Man. His mind dwelt in Paleolithic times and despise the modern world. His fame doesn't bring sufficient money into their life.…
Poirot and Hastings travel to France after they received a letter from Paul Renauld. When they arrive at his home, local police inform them that he had been found dead in the morning. Paul Renauld is stabbed in the back and left in the newly dug grave adjacent to the…
Writer: Midred Wirt (1930). Revised By: Patricia Doll (1961). Nancy and her friend Helen travel to a historic inn and resort owned by Emily and her fiancé, Dick, which will serve as their livelihood after marriage. Nancy is called home to investigate a break-in of her own bedroom, and discovers…
Set in 1919 London, Tommy and Tuppence, experiencing unemployment and shortage of money. They form a partnership, hiring themselves out as “young adventurers”. They are overhead by Mr. Whittington who follows Tuppence to offer her a position. However, when Tuppence gives her name as “Jane Finn”, he is shocked and…
Mr. Wong is a feng shui consultant and assisted by Joyce Mcquinnie, a European teenage who is doing work experience in Mr. Wong’s office. Mr. Wong often works with the police and professional mystics when particularly baffling cases arises. The story has overly detailed about feng shui which sometimes…
This story tells the life of five people who live together in an apartment in Tokyo. Everyone seems being supportive to each other but each of them has their personal problems that they keep to themselves. The first story is about Ryosuke’s life – his part-time job as a waiter,…
Writer: Midred Wirt (1930). Revised By: Patricia Doll (1960). Nancy and Helen caught in a storm and nearly drown. Coincidentally, Laura walks along the shore and she hears their cries for help. She gets into another boat, paddles out and saves both Nancy and Helen. After exchanging their introductions, Nancy…