{"id":2397,"date":"2026-01-03T22:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/parker-pyne-investigates-christie-agatha\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:27:16","slug":"parker-pyne-investigates-christie-agatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/parker-pyne-investigates-christie-agatha\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Pyne Investigates – Christie, Agatha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One day, having lunch at a Corner House, I was enraptured by a conversation on statistics going on at a table behind me. I turned my head and caught a vague glimpse of a bald head, glasses, and a beaming smile\u2013I caught sight, that is, of Mr Parker Pyne. I had never thought about statistics before (and indeed seldom think about them now!) but the enthusiasm with which they were being discussed awakened my interest. I was just considering a new series of short stories and then and there I decided on the general treatment and scope, and in due course enjoyed writing them.<\/p>\n

My own favourites are The Case of the Discontented Husband<\/span> and The Case of the Rich Woman<\/span>, the theme for the latter being suggested to me by having been addressed by a strange woman ten years before when I was looking into a shop window. She said with the utmost venom: \u2018I\u2019d like to know what I can do with all the money I\u2019ve got. I\u2019m too seasick for a yacht\u2013I\u2019ve got a couple of cars and three fur coats\u2013and too much rich food fair turns my stomach.\u2019<\/p>\n

Startled, I suggested \u2018Hospitals?\u2019<\/p>\n

She snorted \u2018Hospitals? I don\u2019t mean charity<\/span>. I want to get my money\u2019s worth\u2019, and departed wrathfully.<\/p>\n

That, of course, was now twenty-five years ago. Today all such problems would be solved for her by the income tax inspector, and she would probably be more wrathful still!<\/p>\n

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