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    The Case of the Rich Woman: A Parker Pyne Story
    The Case of the Rich Woman: A Parker Pyne Story
    The Case of the Rich Woman: A Parker Pyne Story
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    The Case of the Rich Woman: A Parker Pyne Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    Previously published in the print anthology Parker Pine Investigates.

    Mrs. Abner Rymer needs help from Parker Pyne. She may be a rich widow, but she’s been shunned by her friends and is very lonely. After Pyne takes her to see Dr. Constantine, an Oriental sage, Mrs. Rymer passes out and awakens with a totally different identity!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9780062302588
    The Case of the Rich Woman: A Parker Pyne Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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    The Case of the Rich Woman - Agatha Christie

    Contents

    The Case of the Rich Woman

    About the Author

    The Agatha Christie Collection

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    THE CASE OF THE RICH WOMAN

    The name of Mrs. Abner Rymer was brought to Mr. Parker Pyne. He knew the name and he raised his eyebrows.

    Presently his client was shown into the room.

    Mrs. Rymer was a tall woman, big-boned. Her figure was ungainly and the velvet dress and the heavy fur coat she wore did not disguise the fact. The knuckles of her large hands were pronounced. Her face was big and broad and highly coloured. Her black hair was fashionably dressed, and there were many tips of curled ostrich in her hat.

    She plumped herself down on a chair with a nod. Good morning, she said. Her voice had a rough accent. If you’re any good at all you’ll tell me how to spend my money!

    Most original, murmured Mr. Parker Pyne. Few ask me that in these days. So you really find it difficult, Mrs. Rymer?

    Yes, I do, said the lady bluntly. I’ve got three fur coats, a lot of Paris dresses and such like. I’ve got a car and a house in Park Lane. I’ve had a yacht but I don’t like the sea. I’ve got a lot of those high-class servants that look down their nose at you. I’ve travelled a bit and seen foreign parts. And I’m blessed if I can think of anything more to buy or do. She looked hopefully

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