Hercule Poirot · Book 15
Dumb Witness
- Published
- 1 January 1937
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9780425098547
- Type
- novel
About this book
The 14th Poirot novel, "Dumb Witness" (1937) runs 256 pages and continues Christie's portrait of the Belgian refugee-turned-private-inquiry-agent who became the most famous fictional detective after Sherlock Holmes.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Dumb Witness is book 15 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Cards on the Table. It is followed by Death on the Nile. 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 9780006114376
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425098547