Hercule Poirot · Book 17
Appointment with Death
- Published
- 1 January 1938
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN-13
- 9780060826086
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Appointment with Death" (1938) is the 16th Poirot case at 224 pages, one more instalment in Christie's fair-play puzzle-mystery formula: a closed circle of suspects and a scattering of clues Poirot walks the reader back through at the end.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Appointment with Death is book 17 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Death on the Nile. It is followed by Hercule Poirot's Christmas. See the full Hercule Poirot reading order.
Hercule Poirot is the fastidious, egg-headed Belgian detective who solves murders with his "little grey cells" rather than legwork — a private inquiry agent, former Belgian policeman, and refugee of the First World War who settles in England and becomes the most famous fictional detective after Sherlock Holmes. Agatha Christie built the character across 33 novels and dozens of short stories between 1920 and 1975, perfecting the fair-play puzzle mystery: a closed circle of suspects, a country house or a locked…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060826086