A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Affair at the Victory Ball by Agatha Christie
b"How have we not covered Christie\\u2019s first published short story yet?! (A Poirot, naturally.) Consider this a master class in some of the fundamental tropes she would go on to use many, many times. Actors, costumes, a temporal deception, even the harlequinade! Add to that a real-world, \\u201cripped-from-the-headlines\\u201d analogue, and what more could two Christie podcasters want? (Well, we could always use more Miss Lemon in the Suchet adaptation, but we can't have everything.)"