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.
Key facts about Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Agatha Christie wrote Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1975. The book has 232 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780061741005 to find the main one.
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is book 35 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
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