A review by octavia_cade
The Veiled Lady: a Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie

mysterious fast-paced

3.0

Ha! I am entertained by the idea that even criminals hire Poirot when they get stuck in their criminal plans, but aside from Poirot twigging what was going on there, the purported mystery was a little dull. As with the last of these short stories that I read, it was based around searching for a document in a house, but while Poirot found the missing will by using his little grey cells, the letter was found through a very thorough search. That makes it less interesting. I was about to say "anyone could have done it" but then remembered that "anyone" includes Hastings and that even a thorough search was beyond him.