Cards on the Table
- Published
- 1 January 1936
- Pages
- 226
- ISBN-13
- 9780708911518
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Cards on the Table" (1936, 226 pages) is the 13th entry in Christie's Poirot series, built on the same fair-play formula throughout: clues planted in plain sight for an attentive reader to (in theory) beat the detective to the solution.
Key facts about Cards on the Table
Cards on the Table is a novel by Agatha Christie. Readers have had it since 1936. It runs to 226 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Cards on the Table. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780708911518 to find the main one.
Cards on the Table is book 14 of 41 in the Hercule Poirot series. The series has 41 published books. However, the series starts with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920).
Additionally, Agatha Christie writes Tommy and Tuppence, Superintendent Battle and Miss Marple as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is the latest published Agatha Christie book on file, from 1979.
About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was an English author who became the best-selling novelist in history, with an estimated two billion copies of her books sold worldwide — a sales record beaten only by the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. See every Agatha Christie book in order.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Cards on the Table is book 14 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Murder in Mesopotamia. It is followed by Dumb Witness. 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 9780708911518