Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

Poirot makes a five-pound bet with Inspector James Japp that he can solve the mysterious disappearance of a rich banker in a week, without getting up from his chair. So Japp gives him the facts of the case. Mr. Davenheim walked away from his home one afternoon and has not been seen since. Suspicion falls on a business rival of his that visited the house on the day of his disappearance; there is so...