The Kidnapped Prime Minister Towards the end of the First World War, Hastings calls on Poirot in his rooms to discuss the sensational news of the day - the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister, David MacAdam. Poirot meets Ridgeway at the Cheshire Cheese to hear the facts of the case: Ridgeway was entrusted by his uncle and the other general manager, Mr Shaw, with taking a million dollars of Liberty bonds to New York to extend the banks credit line there. Ridgeway is the nephew of Mr Vavasour, the joint general manager of the London and Scottish Bank and a million dollars of bonds have gone missing whilst in his care. Book Synopsis THE MILLION DOLLAR BOND ROBBERY The fiance of Philip Ridgeway asks Poirot to prove his innocence. (All the stories in the abridged edition were published in 1923). About the Book Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924.
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