Detective Chief Inspector James Japp

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James Harold Japp

Detective Chief Inspector James Japp (later Assistant Commissioner Japp) is a fictional character who appears in several of Agatha Christie's novels featuring Hercule Poirot.

Japp's career in the Poirot novels extends into the 1930s but, like Hastings, he disappeared from Christie's writing thereafter. A police officer somewhat similar in character (Superintendent Spence) was introduced as a significant recurring character in the later Poirot novels.

Japp appears in Christie's stage play Black Coffee, written in 1929. He remarks to Poirot that it has been a "long time" since they last met, in connection with "that Welsh case", which is not otherwise identified.

Inspector Japp is also briefly mentioned in the Tommy and Tuppence book The Secret Adversary; his card is brought to Julius Hersheimmer at the end of chapter five.

Like those of Miss Lemon and Arthur Hastings, the role of Inspector Japp in Poirot's career has been exaggerated by adaptations of Christie's original novels; specificall…more

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	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 502,581 ratings — published 1920 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie 4.03 avg rating — 198,910 ratings — published 1936 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie 4.02 avg rating — 82,622 ratings — published 1932 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12) by Agatha Christie 3.86 avg rating — 65,399 ratings — published 1935 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9) by Agatha Christie 3.95 avg rating — 61,573 ratings — published 1933 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5) by Charles Osborne (Adapter) 3.63 avg rating — 32,173 ratings — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-12) by Agatha Christie 3.73 avg rating — 3,180 ratings — published 1923 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-05) by Agatha Christie 3.74 avg rating — 2,905 ratings — published 1923 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Affair at the Victory Ball (Hercule Poirot Short Story #4) by Agatha Christie 3.61 avg rating — 2,862 ratings — published 1923 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-06) by Agatha Christie 3.60 avg rating — 2,485 ratings — published 1923 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars