Hercule Poirot · Book 3
Poirot Investigates
- Published
- 1 January 1924
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN-13
- 9780061002878
- Type
- collection
About this book
"Poirot Investigates" (1924, 192 pages) is a Hercule Poirot short-story collection, one of the entries Agatha Christie wrote alongside her 33 full-length novels between 1920 and 1975 -- included here for completeness among the Poirot canon's "little grey cells" puzzles.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Poirot Investigates is book 3 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows The Murder on the Links. It is followed by The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 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 9780061002878