Hercule Poirot · Book 21

Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie

Published
1 January 1941
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9780060746544
Type
novel

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About this book

The 20th Poirot novel, "Evil Under the Sun" (1941) runs 224 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

Evil Under the Sun is book 21 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. It is followed by Five Little Pigs. 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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