Poirot tells Hastings about the time he was gifted fourteen thousand shares for a mine in Burma. On a trip to London a Chinese businessman, member of the mine owners family, has brought its papers to sell it But when the man and the papers go missing, Poirot is hired to solve the case.

Agatha Christie, was an english detective novelist and playwright. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages. Agatha Christies´ most famous novels include And Then There Were None; Murder on the Orient Express; The ABC Murders and many others. In addition to her celebrated Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also created amateur detectives Thomas Beresford and his wife, Prudence.