[WT Sharpe]

I just finished the Harley Quin series of short stories by Agatha Christie. Well, except for the novel Three Act Tragedy, which is a Hercule Poirot story rather than a Harley Quin tale. In fact, it doesn't mention the mysterious Mr. Quin at all, but his friend Mr. Satterswaith is featured prominently, so I felt it necessary to listen to it in the name of completeness. Hugh Fraiser is the narrator of all the short stories and the Poirot novel, with the exception of "The Affair at the Victory Ball," which was narrated by Charles Armstrong. "The Affair at the Victory Ball" was also a Hercule Poirot short story. It contained neither Mr. Quin nor Mr. Satterswaith, but I felt it had a place in the Quin canon because one of the key elements in the story is someone dressed as a harlequin at a costume ball. Was the mysterious Mr. Quin somehow involved in this one? There's no telling what was going on in Agatha Christie's mind when she teased us with these little stunts.