The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

Poirot is not interested in cases which appear in the newspapers when Hastings tries to bring them to his attention. These include ones about a bank clerk, Mr. Davis, who disappears with fifty thousand pounds of securities, a suicidal man, and a missing typist.

But he is put on the spot when visited by a Mrs. Todd who is determined that he investigate her missing cook. Challenged, he decides, with some humour and to avoid an argument, to take the seemingly trivial case. Eliza Dunn, a middle-aged woman, walked out of her job and the Todd's house in Clapham two days ago without any notice. She has not communicated with her employer since, except for sending for her trunk that very day. What can Poirot make of this?

Librarian's note #1: this is the Illustrated Large Print Version from the Original Daily Sketch magazine short story of the 14 November 1923 - Issue 1607.

Librarian's note #2: this entry is for the story, "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook." Collections of short stories by the author can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. Individual entries, including the characters and settings, for all 51 Poirot short stories, plus a 52nd, "Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly" which was discovered in 2014, can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Hercule Poirot Short Story."