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"My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world." -- The Mystery of the Blue Train, Agatha Christie
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realise that all is not right. When Mrs Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate.
Year: 1920
Genre: Murder Mystery
The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
In Agatha Christie's class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course.
Year: 1923
Genre: Murder Mystery
Poirot Investigates
by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot shows off his brilliant deductive powers in this official edition of the classic Agatha Christie short-story collection, featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery."Aga
Year: 1924
Genre: Mystery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
Known for its startling reveal, this is the book that changed Agatha Christie’s career. Roger Ackroyd was a man who knew too much. He knew the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband. He knew someone was blackmailing her – and now he knew she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.
Year: 1926
Genre: Murder Mystery
The Big Four
by Agatha Christie
Famed private eye Hercule Poirot tackles international intrigue and espionage in this classic Agatha Christie mystery.
Year: 1927
Genre: Espionage
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
Robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot in The Mystery of the Blue Train, from Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie
Year: 1928
Genre: Murder Mystery
Black Coffee
by Agatha Christie
This little known mystery will surprise and delight Christie fans. Written in 1934, the story concerns a physicist named Sir Claude Amory who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb. In the first act, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case. He does so after many wonderful twists and turns in true Christie fashion.
Year: 1930
Genre: Murder Mystery
Peril at End House
by Agatha Christie
In the Agatha Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer--and it's up to Hercule Poirot to save her life.
Year: 1932
Genre: Suspense
Lord Edgware Dies
by Agatha Christie
When Lord Edgware Dies a most unnatural death, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum: if the obvious killer, the slain peer's spiteful wife, didn't do it, who did? A classic from the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.
Year: 1933
Genre: Murder Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man’s enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.
Year: 1934
Genre: Locked Room, Murder Mystery
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