Poirot is having a slow day and is approached by a woman to find her missing cook, who has simply quit and vanished, and it's SO HARD to find good help. Poirot is shamed into taking the case, which he considers to be entirely beneath him, and doesn't want his police detective rival to discover.
As it turns out, of course, the case is far more complicated than a missing cook, eventually involving a bank theft and a missing man who Poirot is convinced was murdered, but doesn't get a lot of cooperation to find the body or even believe his theory.
This was a great way to begin this marvelous series.
As it turns out, of course, the case is far more complicated than a missing cook, eventually involving a bank theft and a missing man who Poirot is convinced was murdered, but doesn't get a lot of cooperation to find the body or even believe his theory.
This was a great way to begin this marvelous series.