The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, by Agatha Christie

About this episode

This episode explores Agatha Christie's short story 'The Million Dollar Bond Robbery' featuring Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot's little grey cells penetrate straight to the heart of the solution when a million dollars worth of bonds are at stake. "The Million Dollar Bond Robbery" appeared in the book "Poirot Investigates," published by "The Bodley Head Limited" in 1921 on pages 80 to 91. ----- Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction," Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery." She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. ----- If there's a story you'd…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Lawley-Jones

Topics covered

• detective fiction
• Agatha Christie
• Hercule Poirot
• mystery
• literature

Keywords

• Agatha Christie
• Hercule Poirot
• detective story
• mystery
• bond robbery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bodley Head Limited

Books & works: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, Poirot Investigates

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