Hercule Poirot · Book 8
Lord Edgware Dies
- Published
- 1 January 1933
- Pages
- 238
- ISBN-13
- 9782702411933
- Type
- novel
About this book
The seventh Poirot novel, "Lord Edgware Dies" (1933) runs 238 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
Lord Edgware Dies is book 8 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Peril at End House. It is followed by Murder on the Orient Express. 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 9782702411933