There's more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest But when he saw the list of stolen & vandalized items
- including a stethoscope some old flannel trousers a box of chocolates a slashed rucksack & a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup
- he congratulated the warden Mrs Hubbard on a unique & beautiful problem' The list made absolutely no sense at all But reasoned Poirot if this was merely a petty thief at work why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?