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Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character)
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works in
3,778
publications in
38
languages and
172,672
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Most widely held works about
Hercule (Fictitious character) Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
140
editions published
between
1933
and
2011
in
18
languages
and held by
3,638
libraries
worldwide
Hercule Poirot sets out to solve the murder of an American businessman stabbed to death aboard the luxury train, the Orient Express, snowbound in the middle of Europe.
Elephants can remember by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
54
editions published
between
1972
and
2011
in
11
languages
and held by
3,192
libraries
worldwide
Hercule Poirot agrees to help a friend investigate the twelve-year-old double suicide deaths of Lord and Lady Ravenscroft.
The mysterious affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
156
editions published
between
1920
and
2010
in
13
languages
and held by
3,061
libraries
worldwide
Agatha Christie's first novel, introduces the characters of Hercule Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp and Captain Arthur Hastings. In the midst of World War I, the residents of Styles wake one morning to find Emily Inglethorpe has been fatally poisoned. Captain Hastings, staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With the evidence mounting against one member of the family, Poirot uses his technique to prove who really killed Emily.
The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
101
editions published
between
1926
and
2011
in
13
languages
and held by
2,953
libraries
worldwide
A widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secrey affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. Kings Abbot is crawling with suspects and it's up to famous detective, Hercule Poirot, to solve the case.
Curtain by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
34
editions published
between
1975
and
2006
in
11
languages
and held by
2,871
libraries
worldwide
Styles Court, the Essex manor house, scene of master detective Hercule Poirot's first triumph. An air of evil still touches the gracious grounds--and the fierce little Belgian pits his brilliant mind against the vanity of killers.
Third girl by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
56
editions published
between
1966
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
2,644
libraries
worldwide
Two friends would advertise for a third girl to help with the rent. And it is the "third girl," Norma Restarick, who is the subject of the baffling mystery that here engages Hercule Poirot. What is wrong with Norma? She walks in on Poirot at the breakfast table and announces that she "may have committed a murder" and then walks out again, leaving Poirot to battle his way to the truth.
Hallowe'en party by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
50
editions published
between
1969
and
2011
in
10
languages
and held by
2,510
libraries
worldwide
A child boasted of having witnessed a murder. Only a few hours later, that child was dead. And Hercule Poirot was faced with one of the most challenging cases of his long and brilliant career. Joyce was thirteen, a tiresome girl given to extravagant statements. The group of adults and children who were getting the games ready for the Hallowe'en party just laughed unbelievingly when she insisted she had once seen a murder committed. Yet that night someone shoved her head down into the bucket of water and held it there until she drowned. After the party was over, she was found, kneeling as if she were bobbing for apples. One of the very respectable guests at the party given in the quiet respectable town of Woodleigh Common must have committed a murder and had got away with it, someone who had recieved a nasty shock from Joyce's revelation and had struck back as soon as possible.
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
97
editions published
between
1937
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
2,501
libraries
worldwide
Poirot takes a vacation on a cruise on the Nile, but has an uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss.
The A.B.C. murders by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
38
editions published
between
1935
and
2011
in
6
languages
and held by
2,224
libraries
worldwide
A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed.
Black coffee : a Hercule Poirot novel by Charles Osborne (
Book
)
32
editions published
between
1997
and
2002
in
5
languages
and held by
2,042
libraries
worldwide
A novel based on a 1930s play in which detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a British scientist and the theft of his formula for an atomic explosive. Suspects range from his son, heavily in debt, to an Italian lady spy.
The clocks by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
45
editions published
between
1963
and
2011
in
10
languages
and held by
1,996
libraries
worldwide
Old Miss Pembmarsh discovers four strange clocks and a dead man in her living room.
Evil under the sun by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
71
editions published
between
1940
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
1,992
libraries
worldwide
Hercule Poirot must solve the murder of an actress everyone had reason to hate.
Cat among the pigeons by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
46
editions published
between
1959
and
2011
in
9
languages
and held by
1,947
libraries
worldwide
The very exclusive Meadowbank School has never been more assured of success when the summer term begins--until their gym mistress is found murdered.
Cards on the table by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
69
editions published
between
1936
and
2011
in
11
languages
and held by
1,921
libraries
worldwide
An unusual invitation to dinner and an evening of bridge turns into a murder investigation for Hercule Poirot.
The mystery of the blue train by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
76
editions published
between
1928
and
9999
in
15
languages
and held by
1,912
libraries
worldwide
Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress -- bailing out of a doomed marriage -- is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange man loitering in the victim's shadow is all Poirot has to go on. Until Mrs. Kettering's secret life begins to unfold. --publisher description
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
63
editions published
between
1932
and
2010
in
12
languages
and held by
1,884
libraries
worldwide
Pit Poirot against peril and you get perfection. Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot has his more earthbound theories of what's happening.
Appointment with death by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
66
editions published
between
1938
and
2011
in
11
languages
and held by
1,837
libraries
worldwide
When a holiday tour of the Holy Land ends in murder, Hercule Poirot must find out who was desperate enough to kill a tyrannical mother of four.
The murder on the links by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
72
editions published
between
1923
and
2011
in
17
languages
and held by
1,761
libraries
worldwide
"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead - stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored - and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the cumprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.
The hollow by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
65
editions published
between
1946
and
2011
in
11
languages
and held by
1,728
libraries
worldwide
"Hercule Poirot was invited to the Hollow to tea, but found a murder waiting for him instead. The victim--an extraordinarily vital, emotionally complex doctor--was the last person anyone expected to see lying dead by the pool. And his meek, befuddled wife was the last person anyone would expect to see standing over him with a gun. Did she really shoot her husband? Or is she merely a second victim in a brilliantly planned plot by a daring, cunning murderer? To find the answers, Poirot delves deep into the character of the victim and those in his sphere, sorting through colorful personalities and tangled emotions. But in doing so, he finds himself thwarted by a person who he calls "one of the best antagonists that I have ever had.""--PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (
Book
)
75
editions published
between
1936
and
2010
in
15
languages
and held by
1,706
libraries
worldwide
At the request of archaeologist Dr. Eric Leidner, Amy Leatheran has accepted a position as companion to his wife, Louise, a woman prone to nervous terrors. What is the young nurse to make of Mrs. Leidner's bizarre stories of her first husband, a dead German spy, who has returned in a rage to destroy her new marriage? Stories of threats and dreadful warnings? Yet it's more than a flight of fancy that bludgeons poor Mrs. Leidner to death. - Publisher.
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