Hercule Poirot · Book 26
Mrs McGinty's Dead
- Published
- 1 January 1952
- Pages
- 234
- ISBN-13
- 9781572707313
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Mrs McGinty's Dead" (1952, 234 pages) is the 24th entry in Christie's Poirot series, built on the same fair-play formula throughout: clues planted in plain sight for an attentive reader to (in theory) beat the detective to the solution.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Mrs McGinty's Dead is book 26 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Taken at the Flood. It is followed by After the Funeral. 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 9781572707313