Hercule Poirot · Book 14
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.
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