Hercule Poirot · Book 30

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie

Published
1 January 1959
Pages
256
ISBN-13
9780007280636
Type
novel

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About this book

Published 1959 at 256 pages, "Cat Among the Pigeons" is Poirot's 28th case -- a fair-play puzzle mystery in Christie's classic mould, with a closed circle of suspects and a drawing-room reveal at the end.

Its place in Hercule Poirot

Cat Among the Pigeons is book 30 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Dead Man's Folly. It is followed by The Clocks. 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…

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