One of my favorites so far. Mimicing his namesake, he completes the same number of labours as the classic mythological character. I think that Christie is an even stronger short story writer than a novelist as she is willing to be more inventive in the shorter form. My favorite story involves a smitten Poirot helping the charming Countess Roscovich, who begiled him in an earlier work and still does, escape a trap. I also enjoy the fact that once again, he swears these will be his last cases, and of course, we have a few more books to go.