Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirots 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 Poirots soon-to-be-famous little grey cells to their absolute limit.
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Superb, vintage Christie Sunday Express
The plotting is as exact as in the novels and all one can do is stand back and wonder at the invention and enthusiasm. Irish Times
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1 The Affair at the Victory Ball |
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1 | (21) |
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2 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook |
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22 | (19) |
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41 | (19) |
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4 The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly |
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60 | (18) |
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78 | (14) |
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92 | (21) |
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7 The Lemesurier Inheritance |
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113 | (16) |
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129 | (12) |
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141 | (20) |
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161 | (20) |
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181 | (20) |
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201 | (25) |
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226 | (20) |
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14 The Market Basing Mystery |
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246 | (13) |
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259 | (13) |
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272 | (14) |
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286 | (22) |
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18 How Does Your Garden Grow? |
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Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
