A review by literary__escapism
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook - a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie

4.0

Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have a interesting case fall into their lap one day. The case of a missing cook. Mrs Todd calls on them to help her find her cook that just disappeared one day. Poirot initially says no because he believes the case to be too "trivial" but the case turns out to be one of his most interesting.

I love Captain Hastings. He's a little dim-witted and he makes me feel lucky that I'm not the only one that can't see what the great Hercule Poirot sees!! This case stumped Poirot at first but he had it solved in no time. Needless to say I didn't have it solved within the short pages of this short story, but it was fun reading. I particularly like that Poirot admits that he is wrong. I'm not sure I've ever seen that before.

I'm enjoying these short stories. They are a fun interlude between full length novels.