Hercule Poirot · Book 35
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
- Published
- 1 January 1975
- Pages
- 232
- ISBN-13
- 9780061741005
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Curtain: Poirot's Last Case" (1975, 232 pages) is Poirot's explicit swansong -- Christie wrote it decades before its 1975 publication and sealed off the character's story on her own terms. It's best saved until you've read enough earlier books to feel its weight.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is book 35 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Elephants Can Remember. It is followed by The Monogram Murders. 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 9780061741005