The Thirteen Problems

The unifying premise for this short story collection is the Tuesday Club: six people who meet socially one evening at Jane Marple's home and then decide to meet regularly each Tuesday night to solve a mystery which a group member must relate.Unsolved mysteries... When author Raymond West proposes a regular gathering of friends with unique and disparate outlooks to solve mysteries, the Tuesday Night Club is formed.Sir Henry Clithering, retired chief commissioner of Scotland yard proposes their first mystery...After a supper of canned lobster and a dessert of trifle, three people become ill and Mrs Jones is found dead. Although a bout of botulism is suspected, the Tuesday Night Club examines the matter further…The collection includes:The Tuesday Night ClubIdol House of AstarteIngots of GoldThe Bloodstained PavementMotive & OpportunityThumbmark of St. PeterThe Blue GeraniumThe CompanionThe Four SuspectsA Christmas TragedyThe Herb of DeathThe Affair of the BungalowDeath by Drowning