Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirot's early cases from the days before he was famous... Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot could solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious. Chronicled by his friend Captain Hastings, these eighteen early cases - from theft and robbery to kidnapping and murder - were all guaranteed to test Poirot's soon-to-be-famous 'little grey cells' to their absolute limit.
Ac - Poirot'S Early Cases
In the collection, Christie charts some of the cases from Hercule Poirot's early career, before he was internationally renowned as a detective. All the stories had first been published in periodicals between 1923 and 1935.
The disappearance of a wealthy woman ́s cook at one end, a cold-blooded murder at the other.
The famous Belgian detective visits an old friend in a remote area.
Poirot's Early Cases (Poirot) (Hercule Poirot Series Book 38)
The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.
Using his gray cells, Poirot will need very little time to discover the mystery behind the Lemesurier curse according to which all the firstborn die before inheriting the family fortune.
Here, for the first time in one volume, is the complete collection of fifty stories about Hercule Poirot.
Miss Violet Marsh was orphaned at fourteen years of age, when she went to live with her Uncle Andrew in Devon. Now Uncle Devon has died, leaving a will with a strange clause. Can Poirot unravel the mystery?