Hercule Poirot · Book 5
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.
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