Hercule Poirot is requested to visit a client as quickly as possible, indeed on a specific train but, by the time he arrives, the gentleman is dead. A smashed mirror convinces Poirot that the apparent suicide of his client is far too convenient an explanation for what is obviously a gruesome case of murder. Yet it did occur in a locked room! Librarian’s note: this entry is for the story, Dead Man’s Mirror. Collections of short stories by the author can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. The individual entries for all Poirot short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: a Hercule Poirot Short Story.