Hercule Poirot Series

This classic detective series by Agatha Christie follows Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he solves complex crimes with extraordinary logic and insight. Each story is renowned for its surprising twists and intricate plots. Poirot is known for his perfect attention to detail and his ability to uncover the truth, even when it seems hidden. The series is considered one of the best in the detective genre.

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
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With Impeccable Timing Hercule Poirot, The Renowned Belgian Detective, Makes His Dramatic Entrance On To The English Crime Stage. Recently, There Had Been Some Strange Goings On At Styles St Mary. Evelyn, Constant Companion To Old Mrs Inglethorp, Had Stormed Out Of The House Muttering Something About A Lot Of Sharks . And With Her, Something Indefinable Had Gone From The Atmosphere. Her Presence Had Spelt Security; Now The Air Seemed Rife With Suspicion And Impending Evil. A Shattered Coffee Cup, A Splash Of Candle Grease, A Bed Of Begonias& All Poirot Required To Display His Now Legendary Powers Of Detection.
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The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
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"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead, stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored; and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.
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Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
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First There Was The Mystery Of The Film Star And The Diamond& Then Came The Suicide That Was Murder& The Mystery Of The Absurdly Chaep Flat& A Suspicious Death In A Locked Gun-Room& A Million Dollar Bond Robbery& The Curse Of A Pharoah S Tomb& A Jewel Robbery By The Sea& The Abduction Of A Prime Minister& The Disappearance Of A Banker& A Phone Call From A Dying Man& And, Finally, The Mystery Of The Missing Willl. What Links These Fascinating Cases? Only The Brilliant Deductive Powers Of Hercule Poirot!
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
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The Big Four
Agatha Christie
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The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Framed In The Doorway Of Poirot S Bedroom Stood An Uninvited Guest, Coated From Head To Foot In Dust. The Man S Gaunt Face Stared For A Moment, Then He Swayed And Fell. Who Was He? Was He Suffering From Shock Or Just Exhaustion? Above All, What Was The Significance Of The Figure 4, Scribbled Over And Over Again On A Sheet Of Paper? Poirot Finds Himself Plunged Into A World Of International Intrigue, Risking His Life To Uncover The Truth About Number Four .
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie
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A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train to the French riviera -- ingredients for the perfect romance or the perfect crime? When the train stops, the jewel is missing, and the woman is found dead in her compartment. It's the perfect mystery, filled with passion, greed, deceit. And Hercule Poirot is the perfect detective to solve it...
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Peril at End House
Agatha Christie
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On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear pretty Nick Buckley describe her recent "accidental brushes with death."
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Lord Edgware dies
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
240 pages
9 hours of reading
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Hercule Poirot observed his fellow passengers on the Orient Express: a Russian princess, an English colonel, an American with a strange glint in his eye and many more. He was looking forward to the journey. But is was not to be. After a restless night, he awoke to find that tragedy had struck.
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Three Act Tragedy
Agatha Christie
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Thirteen Guests Arrived At Dinner At The Actor S House. It Was To Be A Particularly Unlucky Evening For The Mild-Mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, Who Choked On His Cocktail, Went Into Convulsions And Died. But When His Martini Glass Was Sent For Chemical Analysis, There Was No Trace Of Poison Just As Poirot Had Predicted. Even More Troubling For The Great Detective, There Was Absolutely No Motive&
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Death in the Air
Agatha Christie
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Originally published in 1935 under the title Death in the air.
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The ABC murders
Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot has received a letter which is simply signed ‘ABC’. The writer promises a mystery that is too difficult even for the great mind of the famous Belgian detective. Poirot is worried by the letter, but there seems to be no case to solve. And then the murders begin.
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Cards on the Table
Agatha Christie
320 pages
12 hours of reading
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A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players... Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether...
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Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie
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An archaeologist’s wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq.It was clear to nurse Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig, something associated with the presence of ‘Lovely Louise’, the wife of the celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. But she couldn't pinpoint it.In a few days’ time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. With Louise suffering terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late…
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
96 pages
4 hours of reading
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"Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case"--Cover
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Poirot Loses a Client
Agatha Christie
256 pages
9 hours of reading
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An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home. Everyone blamed Emily’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her. On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th… by which time Emily was already dead.
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Murder in the Mews
Agatha Christie
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How Did A Woman Holding A Pistol In Her Right Hand Manage To Shoot Herself In The Left Temple? What Was The Link Between A Ghost Sighting And The Disappearance Of Top Secert Military Plans? How Did The Bullet That Killed Sir Gervase Shatter A Mirror In Another Part Of The Room? And Who Destroyed The Eternal Triangle Of Love Involving Renowned Beauty, Valentine Chantry? Hercule Poirot Is Faced With Four Mystifying Cases Murder In The Mews, The Incredible Theft, Dead Man S Mirror And Triangle At Rhodes Each A Miniature Classic Of Characterisation, Incident And Suspense.
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Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie
224 pages
8 hours of reading
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Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he’d overheard back in Jerusalem:‘You do see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?’ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he’d ever met… Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 80 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots. ‘Twice as brilliant as 'Death an the Nile', which was entirely brilliant.’THE OBSERVER
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Agatha Christie
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Christmas Eve and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man ...
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One, two, buckle my shoe
Agatha Christie
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The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?
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The body in the library
Agatha Christie
224 pages
8 hours of reading
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Miss Marple refuses to take matters at face value when the body of a young woman is found in the Colonel's library.
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Evil under the Sun
Agatha Christie
288 pages
11 hours of reading
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It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun...she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent 'crime of passion' have been something more evil and premeditated altogether? Belgian detective Hercule Poirot interrupts his vacation on Smugglers' Island to help the local police invetigate the murder of an attractive woman.
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Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie
240 pages
9 hours of reading
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Beautiful Caroline Crale Was Convicted Of Poisoning Her Husband, Yet There Were Five Other Suspects: Philip Blake (The Stockbroker) Who Went To Market; Meredith Blake (The Amateur Herbalist) Who Stayed At Home; Elsa Greer (The Three-Time Divorcee) Who Had Roast Beef; Cecilia Williams (The Devoted Governess) Who Had None; And Angela Warren (The Disfigured Sister) Who Cried Wee Wee Wee All The Way Home. It Is Sixteen Years Later, But Hercule Poirot Just Can T Get That Nursery Rhyme Out Of His Mind&
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The Hollow
Agatha Christie
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An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell. Dr. Cristow is at the center of the trouble when his mistress Henrietta, ex-mistress Veronica, and wife Gerda, simultaneously arrive at The Hollow. Also visiting are Edward (who is in love with Henrietta) and Midge (who loves Edward). Veronica ardently desires to marry Cristow and succeeds in reopening their affair but is unable to get him to divorce his wife. Veronica unwisely states that if she cannot have him, no one shall. Within five minutes Cristow is dead. Nearly everyone has a motive and most had the opportunity. Enter Inspector Colquhoun and Sergeant Penny to solve the crime.
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The Labors of Hercules
Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot decided it was fitting to retire while at the height of his career--but before he bows out of public life, he sets himself a challenge modelled on the twelve labors of the mythical Hercules. Poirot carefully selects twelve unusual cases that will challenge him to parallel, equal and perhaps evern surpass the feats of the ancient hero. From a kidnapper of expensive pets, to a deceitful Russian countess, to the blackmailer of a powerful Englishman, the Herculean tasks Poirot chooses keep the indefatigable detective far from retirement.
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Taken at the Flood
Agatha Christie
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A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him…
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Mrs McGinty's Dead : Unabridged
Agatha Christie
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Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger. In fact, James is facing a trial for an almost certain open-and-shut case. But Superintendent Spence is suspicious enough to ask for Hercule Poirot's assistance. Soon, the seemingly simple situation turns into a complex web of lies and hidden identities. Novelist Ariadne Oliver (Agatha Christie's alter ego) joins the hunt to find the real murderer.
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After the Funeral
Agatha Christie
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The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder.... When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it...But he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
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Hickory dickory dock
Agatha Christie
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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 and vandalized items – including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup – he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a ‘unique and 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?
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Dead man's folly: A Hercule Poirot murder mystery
Agatha Christie
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Eccentric mystery lover Ariadne Oliver's weekend game of mock murder is a big hit. But if it's just a game, then why all the blood? Luckily, one of the players is Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot.
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Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie
224 pages
8 hours of reading
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Another term has begun at Meadowbank, a prestigious, well-respected British girls' school. The indomitable headmistress is preparing to retire and name her successor. There is a disconcertingly mature Middle Eastern princess among the students and several new staff members in residence. And a brand-new sports pavilion is the pride of the campus.
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The Clocks
Agatha Christie
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Why was the body discovered in the sitting room of the elderly and eminently respectable Miss Millicent Pebmarsh? Why were four strange clocks set at 4:13 precisely? Indeed, why were the clocks there at all? The sudden disappearance of an unidentified corpse of No. 19 Wilbraham Crescent has the police utterly baffled. But pity the villain who matches wits with the dapper and relentless Belgian detective-Hercule Poirot!
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Third girl
Agatha Christie
224 pages
8 hours of reading
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Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane.
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Hallowe'en party
Agatha Christie
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At a Halloween party, Joyce, a hostile 13-year-old, boasts that she once witnessed a murder. Within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night Hercule Poirot is called in to find the killer.
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Elephants can remember
Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict...Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sin leave long shadows'.
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Poirot's early cases
Agatha Christie
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Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw, was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a coincidence and did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?
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Curtain
Agatha Christie
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A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place...

Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel
Agatha Christie
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Experience Agatha Christie's masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation--featuring gorgeous full-color illustrations by Bob Al-Greene. "The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again. This beautiful, full-color graphic novel adaptation brings this favorite mystery to life--perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.
While the Light Lasts
Agatha Christie
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This is one of a collection of four newly published short stories by the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie. The stories cover a range of styles, from crime to dark romance and the supernatural.
Hercule Poirot. The Complete Short Stories
Agatha Christie
800 pages
28 hours of reading
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At Last All The Poirot Short Stories In A Single Volume My Name Is Hercule Poirot And I Am Probably The Greatest Detective In The World. The Dapper, Moustache-Twirling Little Belgian With The Egg-Shaped Head, Curious Mannerisms And Inordinate Respect For His Own Little Grey Cells Has Solved Some Of The Most Puzzling Crimes Of The Century. Appearing In Agatha Christie S Very First Novel In 1920 And Her Very Last In 1975, Hercule Poirot Became The Most Celebrated Detective Since Sherlock Holmes, Appearing In 33 Novels, A Play, And These 51 Short Stories. Arranged In Their Original Publication Order, These Short Stories Provide A Feast For Hardened Agatha Christie Addicts As Well As Those Who Have Grown To Love The Detective Through His Many Film And Television Appearances.
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Agatha Christie
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The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. First Came A Sinister Warning To Poirot Not To Eat Any Plum Pudding& Then The Discovery Of A Corpse In A Chest& Next, An Overheard Quarrel That Led To Murder& The Strange Case Of The Dead Man Who Altered His Eating Habits& And The Puzzle Of The Victim Who Dreamt His Own Suicide. What Links These Five Baffling Cases? The Little Grey Cells Of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!
Black Coffee
Agatha Christie
208 pages
8 hours of reading
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Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.
Problem at Pollensa Bay
Agatha Christie
320 pages
12 hours of reading
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All Great Crime Writers Have Their Favourite Creations. Similarly, Every Great Sleuth Has His Own Preferred Method Of Deduction. Take The Charming Parker Pyne, Who Relies Upon An Intuitive Knowledge Of Human Nature To Solve The Problem At Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, Who Seeks Inspiration Through His Collaboration With The Enigmatic Mr Quin In The Harlequin Tea Set Mystery. Then, Of Course, There S Poirot, Whose Measured Analysis Of Motive And Opportunity Is Tested To The Full In Yellow Iris, When He Receives An Anonymous Call About A Matter Of Life And Death.