

The Under Dog Main article: The Under Dog Opening it, the startled man found the stabbed body of Mr Clayton. The next morning, Rich's manservant noticed what seemed to be bloodstains on a rug that were seeping from a Spanish chest in the corner of the room. A Major Charles Rich held a small party at his flat. At his request Miss Lemon prepares a précis of the case. Poirot's attention is caught by newspaper headlines which tell of the latest developments in the "Spanish Chest Mystery". The Mystery of the Spanish Chest Main article: The Mystery of the Spanish Chest The thought of Christmas in the English countryside at Kings Lacey, a fourteenth century manor house, makes Poirot shudder but he succumbs to the temptation when told that it has modern oil-fired central heating. Poirot is persuaded to spend an "old-fashioned English Christmas" at a country house in order to track down a ruby stolen from a foreign prince. Plot summaries The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, or The Theft of the Royal Ruby Main article: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

4.2 Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple.1.1 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, or The Theft of the Royal Ruby.
