The Big Four
- Published
- 1 January 1927
- Pages
- 223
- ISBN-13
- 9788804507727
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Big Four" (1927, 223 pages) is widely considered one of the two weakest entries in the Poirot canon, alongside the 1930 stage play Black Coffee -- not the place to start, though completists will still want it.
Key facts about The Big Four
The Big Four is a novel by Agatha Christie. Readers have had it since 1927. It runs to 223 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Big Four. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9788804507727 to find the main one.
The Big Four is book 5 of 41 in the Hercule Poirot series. The series has 41 published books. However, the series starts with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920).
Additionally, Agatha Christie writes Tommy and Tuppence, Superintendent Battle and Miss Marple as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is the latest published Agatha Christie book on file, from 1979.
About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was an English author who became the best-selling novelist in history, with an estimated two billion copies of her books sold worldwide — a sales record beaten only by the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. See every Agatha Christie book in order.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
The Big Four is book 5 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It is followed by The Mystery of the Blue Train. 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 9788804507727