Parker Pyne

Parker Pyne is a fictional detective created by <a href="/c/books/credit/25666/agatha-christie/">Agatha Christie</a>. Agatha Christie published a total of 14 short stories featuring Parker Pyne. Of these, the first dozen initially appeared in various US/UK magazines and were later collected into the anthology titled <a href="/c/books/book/415439/parker-pyne-investigates/">Parker Pyne Investigates</a> (1934). The remaining two short stories ("<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/466007-the-regatta-mystery">The Regatta Mystery</a>" and "<a href="/c/books/book/466006/problem-at-pollensa-bay/">Problem at Pollensa Bay</a>") were originally created as vehicles for her most famous sleuth, Belgian detective <a href="/c/books/credit/33043/hercule-poirot/">Hercule Poirot</a>, but Christie reworked these into Pyne cases before their inclusion in the short story collection <a href="/c/books/book/415425/the-regatta-mystery-and-other-stories/">The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories</a> (1939).