The Lost Mine

By Agatha Christie

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Lost Mine,” Poirot investigates the suspicious disappearance of a Chinese businessman in London. Suspicion is focused on two Englishman, one of whom has an alibi and another who was in an opium den the night of the disappearance. A clear-cut case for Poirot soon becomes murky however. This short story originally appeared in the November 21, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781974936250

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Reviews for The Lost Mine

[vesper1931 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Poirot tells of the case where his reward was shares in a mine in Burma. Not one of the best Poirot short stories.