title: The Under Dog and Other Stories: A Hercule Poirot Collection (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
author:  Agatha Christie 
description: Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction. (Tana French, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>In the Woods</i>)<br /><br />It would take a remarkably alert reader to single out the murderer before the last page in each story. (New Yorker)
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  ## Agatha Christie
  
  
  ## Dumb Witness
  
  
  ## A Hercule Poirot Mystery
  
  
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  To dear Peter,  
  most faithful of friends  
  and dearest of companions,  
  a dog in a thousand
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](001_coverpage.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](002_titlepage.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](003_dedicationpage.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1.](005_chapter01.html#chapter01) The Mistress of Littlegreen House
  
  
  
  
  
  [2.](006_chapter02.html#chapter02) The Relations
  
  
  
  
  
  [3.](007_chapter03.html#chapter03) The Accident
  
  
  
  
  
  [4.](008_chapter04.html#chapter04) Miss Arundell Writes a Letter
  
  
  
  
  
  [5.](009_chapter05.html#chapter05) Hercule Poirot Receives a Letter
  
  
  
  
  
  [6.](010_chapter06.html#chapter06) We Go to Littlegreen House
  
  
  
  
  
  [7.](011_chapter07.html#chapter07) Lunch at the George
  
  
  
  
  
  [8.](012_chapter08.html#chapter08) Interior of Littlegreen House
  
  
  
  
  
  [9.](013_chapter09.html#chapter09) Reconstruction of the D