Hercule Poirot · Book 28

Hickory Dickory Dock

by Agatha Christie

Published
1 January 1955
Pages
128
ISBN-13
9780007493616
Type
novel

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About this book

"Hickory Dickory Dock" (1955) is the 26th Poirot case at 128 pages, one more instalment in Christie's fair-play puzzle-mystery formula: a closed circle of suspects and a scattering of clues Poirot walks the reader back through at the end.

Its place in Hercule Poirot

Hickory Dickory Dock is book 28 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows After the Funeral. It is followed by Dead Man's Folly. 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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