Hercule Poirot Series

35 primary works • 121 total works
Mysteries with the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. These can mostly be read as stand-alone in any order, but based on internal chronology The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first Poirot story and Curtain was written to be the final Poirot story and should be read last. This list is numbered using internal chronology. Because of spoilers about…

Book 1

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
4.00
· 505490 Ratings · 21202 Reviews · published 1920 · 78 editions
Agatha Christie's debut novel was also the first t…
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Book 2

The Murder on the Links
3.87
· 118493 Ratings · 9282 Reviews · published 1923 · 418 editions
When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hasti…
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Book 3

Poirot Investigates
3.89
· 74693 Ratings · 4602 Reviews · published 1924 · 10 editions
First there was the mystery of the film star and t…
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Book 4

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
4.26
· 344931 Ratings · 30442 Reviews · published 1926 · 1137 editions
Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's greatest…
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Book 5

The Big Four
3.57
· 74065 Ratings · 6445 Reviews · published 1927 · 10 editions
Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an…
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Book 6

The Mystery of the Blue Train
3.88
· 82607 Ratings · 6101 Reviews · published 1928 · 7 editions
A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and …
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Book 7

Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts
3.67
· 3620 Ratings · 235 Reviews · published 1930 · 14 editions
An intriguing story concerning a physicist named S…
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Book 7.5

Black Coffee
3.63
· 32321 Ratings · 2287 Reviews · published 1998 · 161 editions
Book 7.5 of 38: Hercule Poirot

Nearly a quarter-cen…
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Book 8

Peril at End House
4.02
· 82962 Ratings · 5951 Reviews · published 1932 · 388 editions
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast…
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Book 9

Lord Edgware Dies
3.95
· 61849 Ratings · 4248 Reviews · published 1933 · 9 editions
It's true; Hercule Poirot had been present when th…
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Book 10

Murder on the Orient Express
4.20
· 729783 Ratings · 48850 Reviews · published 1934 · 102 editions
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous …
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Book 11

Three Act Tragedy
3.84
· 48888 Ratings · 3961 Reviews · published 1935 · 8 editions
Who wouldn't be pleased to attend a small dinner p…
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Book 12

Death in the Clouds
3.86
· 65684 Ratings · 4395 Reviews · published 1935 · 417 editions
A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclos…
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Book 13

The A.B.C. Murders
4.03
· 199987 Ratings · 13025 Reviews · published 1936 · 6 editions
When Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule P…
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Book 14

Murder in Mesopotamia
3.94
· 70085 Ratings · 4656 Reviews · published 1936 · 11 editions
An archaeologist’s wife is murdered on the shores …
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Book 15

Cards on the Table
3.96
· 72186 Ratings · 5054 Reviews · published 1936 · 11 editions
A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view o…
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Book 16

Murder in the Mews
3.77
· 28208 Ratings · 1805 Reviews · published 1937 · 10 editions
Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection…
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Book 17

Dumb Witness
3.92
· 48115 Ratings · 3455 Reviews · published 1937 · 29 editions
Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rub…
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Book 18

Death on the Nile
4.12
· 305551 Ratings · 21426 Reviews · published 1937 · 774 editions
The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile …
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Book 19

Appointment with Death
3.87
· 69019 Ratings · 4711 Reviews · published 1938 · 13 editions
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some …
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Book 20

Hercule Poirot's Christmas
3.98
· 108264 Ratings · 10567 Reviews · published 1938 · 483 editions
In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are an…
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Book 21

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
3.85
· 11763 Ratings · 771 Reviews · published 1939 · 77 editions
A collection of nine of Agatha Christie's intrigui…
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Book 22

Sad Cypress
3.94
· 47035 Ratings · 3348 Reviews · published 1940 · 383 editions
An elderly stroke victim dies without having arran…
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Book 23

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
3.78
· 43215 Ratings · 2886 Reviews · published 1940 · 351 editions
A dentist's suspicious death leads Poirot to drill…
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Book 24

Evil Under the Sun
3.98
· 88221 Ratings · 5157 Reviews · published 1941 · 191 editions
The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay fa…
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Book 25

Five Little Pigs
4.03
· 92322 Ratings · 7630 Reviews · published 1942 · 3 editions
It was an open and shut case. All the evidence sai…
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Book 26

The Hollow
3.80
· 43641 Ratings · 3524 Reviews · published 1946 · 19 editions
Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, ha…
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Book 27

The Labours of Hercules
3.76
· 31669 Ratings · 2006 Reviews · published 1947 · 352 editions
First published in book form in 1947, The Labours …
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Book 28

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
3.88
· 12649 Ratings · 1187 Reviews · published 1932 · 10 editions
An eleven-story collection of some of the best sho…
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Book 29

Taken at the Flood
3.74
· 29950 Ratings · 2633 Reviews · published 1948 · 17 editions
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young wid…
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Book 30

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
3.80
· 20293 Ratings · 1434 Reviews · published 1950 · 12 editions
The feature of this nine short story collection is…
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Book 31

The Under Dog and Other Stories
3.72
· 8108 Ratings · 699 Reviews · published 1951 · 99 editions
A dead heiress, a murdered recluse, and a slain pl…
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Book 32

Mrs. McGinty's Dead
3.86
· 39301 Ratings · 2402 Reviews · published 1952 · 10 editions
In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s m…
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Book 33

After the Funeral
3.92
· 49376 Ratings · 3266 Reviews · published 1953 · 9 editions
The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – …
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Book 34

Hickory Dickory Dock
3.76
· 39224 Ratings · 2552 Reviews · published 1955 · 131 editions
An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was…
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Book 35

Dead Man's Folly
3.82
· 37400 Ratings · 2409 Reviews · published 1956 · 309 editions

Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the villa…

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Book 36

Cat Among the Pigeons
3.86
· 50619 Ratings · 3294 Reviews · published 1959 · 165 editions
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie…
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Book 37

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
3.81
· 32668 Ratings · 2484 Reviews · published 1960 · 24 editions
Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short…
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Book 38

Double Sin and Other Stories
3.75
· 7059 Ratings · 564 Reviews · published 1961 · 86 editions
A superb collection of treats for mystery lovers, …
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Book 39

The Clocks
3.73
· 41870 Ratings · 2640 Reviews · published 1963 · 350 editions
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wi…
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Book 40

Third Girl
3.69
· 37849 Ratings · 2430 Reviews · published 1966 · 12 editions
Three young women share a London flat. The first i…
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Book 41

Hallowe'en Party
3.56
· 104802 Ratings · 10266 Reviews · published 1969 · 145 editions
A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of ap…
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Book 42

Elephants Can Remember
3.66
· 48973 Ratings · 3426 Reviews · published 1972 · 24 editions
Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. For here, m…
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Book 43

Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries
3.91
· 16205 Ratings · 959 Reviews · published 1974 · 4 editions
Many of Poirot's early cases are short stories. Wi…
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Book 44

Curtain
4.10
· 49946 Ratings · 3475 Reviews · published 1975 · 117 editions
Arthritic and immobilized, Poirot calls on his old…
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Book 45

Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
3.53
· 5344 Ratings · 399 Reviews · published 1991 · 106 editions
The cover states; "A new collection from the undis…
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Book 46

The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
3.73
· 6078 Ratings · 525 Reviews · published 1997 · 44 editions
A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of my…
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Book 47

While the Light Lasts
3.56
· 6354 Ratings · 522 Reviews · published 1924 · 131 editions
A macabre recurring dream … revenge against a blac…
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Book 0.01

The Chocolate Box
3.85
· 3659 Ratings · 234 Reviews · published 1925 · 4 editions
Poirot investigates a murder in which the only clu…
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Book 0.02

The Kidnapped Prime Minister
3.58
· 2266 Ratings · 136 Reviews · published 1923 · 4 editions
Just as the Great War is drawing to an end, the Pr…
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Book 0.03

The Lemesurier Inheritance
3.87
· 1784 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 1923 · 3 editions
We are told that the Lemesuriers are under a curse…
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Book 0.04

The Affair at the Victory Ball
3.62
· 2889 Ratings · 205 Reviews · published 1923 · 2 editions
Young Lord Cronshaw is murdered at a masked ball, …
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Book 0.05

The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.74
· 2920 Ratings · 199 Reviews · published 1923 · 5 editions
Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his hom…
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Book 0.06

The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.60
· 2549 Ratings · 171 Reviews · published 1923 · 51 editions
When the body of Ebenezer Halliday's daughter, Flo…
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Book 0.07

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: A Short Story
3.47
· 2213 Ratings · 125 Reviews · published 1923 · 30 editions

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot…

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Book 0.08

The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.56
· 1112 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1923 · 18 editions
The plans for England's new submarine have been st…
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Book 0.09

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.69
· 1800 Ratings · 123 Reviews · published 1923 · 27 editions
Poirot is not interested in investigating some of …
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Book 0.10

The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.82
· 2463 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 1923 · 29 editions
A wife is convinced that her husband has been tryi…
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Book 0.11

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.62
· 2808 Ratings · 194 Reviews · published 1923 · 44 editions
An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose est…
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Book 0.12

The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.73
· 3202 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 1923 · 43 editions
Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot, now London ba…
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Book 0.13

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.68
· 3318 Ratings · 198 Reviews · published 1923 · 26 editions
Do you believe in the curse surrounding the openin…
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Book 0.14

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday…
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Book 0.15

The Market Basing Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.73
· 1718 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 1923 · 2 editions
In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Market Basi…
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Book 0.16

The King of Clubs: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.59
· 2251 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 1923 · 27 editions
Hercule Poirot is asked by Prince Paul of Maurania…
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Book 0.17

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
An Italian count telephones his doctor's office, s…
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Book 0.18

The Double Clue: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.48
· 969 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1923 · 10 editions
In Agatha Christie's short story, "The Double Clue…
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Book 0.19

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.64
· 1376 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 1923 · 25 editions
When little Johnnie Waverly is kidnapped, there is…
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Book 0.20

The Case of the Missing Will: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.78
· 2391 Ratings · 168 Reviews · published 1923 · 37 editions
Behold, the publisher's summary, just a little imp…
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Book 0.21

The Lost Mine: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.37
· 1446 Ratings · 91 Reviews · published 1923 · 21 editions
Hercule Poirot always kept a healthy and symmetric…
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Book 0.22

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.53
· 2153 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 1923 · 33 editions
Philip Ridgeway, a young banker, is suspected of s…
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Book 0.23

The Veiled Lady: A Short Story
3.64
· 1916 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 1923 · 19 editions
Previously published in the print anthology Poirot…
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Book 0.24

The Adventure of "The Western Star": a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poir…
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Book 0.25

Double Sin
3.63
· 1198 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 1928 · 12 editions
While trying to relax on holiday, Hercule Poirot i…
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Book 0.27

The Third-Floor Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.72
· 1381 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 1929 · 16 editions
A woman's body is found in the third-floor flat at…
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Book 0.28

The Under Dog: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.73
· 1217 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 1926 · 1 edition
Pretty Lily Margrave is not convinced that Hercule…
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Book 0.29

Wasps' Nest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.70
· 1611 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 1929 · 19 editions
In one of the few short stories without Captain Ha…
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Book 0.30

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.77
· 1999 Ratings · 132 Reviews · published 1960 · 5 editions
Hercule Poirot is not interested in the affair of …
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Book 0.31

How Does Your Garden Grow?: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.74
· 1228 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 1935 · 12 editions
Miss Lemon brings Hercule Poirot an intriguing let…
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Book 0.32

Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
4.00
· 4068 Ratings · 234 Reviews · published 1937 · 12 editions
Hercule Poirot is requested to visit a client as q…
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Book 0.33

Problem at Sea: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.75
· 1202 Ratings · 78 Reviews · published 1936 · 13 editions

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot…

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Book 0.34

Triangle at Rhodes: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.76
· 2393 Ratings · 157 Reviews · published 1936 · 16 editions
One of Christie's most famous short stories.

The st…
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Book 0.35

The Incredible Theft: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.65
· 1717 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 1937 · 12 editions
The fate of a nation rests on a lie and a spy. Can…
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Book 0.36

Murder in the Mews: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.88
· 2595 Ratings · 148 Reviews · published 1937 · 9 editions
In this interesting short story, a young woman app…
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Book 0.37

Yellow Iris: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.65
· 1495 Ratings · 102 Reviews · published 1937 · 10 editions
Hercule Poirot gets an an alarming telephone call …
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Book 0.38

The Dream: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.77
· 1902 Ratings · 152 Reviews · published 1937 · 10 editions
Hercule Poirot is reluctant to answer a letter dem…
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Book 0.39

The Nemean Lion: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.70
· 385 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 1939 · 6 editions
Includes "The Nemean Lion," "The Lernean Hydra," "…
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Book 0.40

The Lernean Hydra: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.68
· 349 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1939 · 4 editions
We venture onwards - to Hercule Poirot's second ch…
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Book 0.41

The Arcadian Deer: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.54
· 327 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1940 · 3 editions
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Book 0.42

The Erymanthian Boar: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.63
· 308 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1940 · 2 editions
We progress on to the fourth challenge of Hercule …
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Book 0.43

The Augean Stables: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.48
· 278 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1940 · 2 editions
Challenge #5 is the next one to confront Hercule P…
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Book 0.44

The Stymphalean Birds: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.79
· 320 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1939 · 2 editions
We move to the 6th challenge of Hercule Poirot as …
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Book 0.45

The Cretan Bull: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.74
· 398 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1939 · 7 editions
As we move to the seventh challenge facing Hercule…
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Book 0.46

The Horses of Diomedes: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.05
· 518 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1940 · 5 editions
Swedish / Svenska
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Book 0.47

The Girdle of Hyppolita: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.61
· 323 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1939 · 5 editions
Hercule Poirot has progressed to the ninth challen…
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Book 0.48

The Flock of Geryon: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.72
· 346 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1940 · 4 editions
Agatha Christie
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Book 0.49

The Apples of Hesperides: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.49
· 324 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1940 · 5 editions
What do a lost Pekinese, a reputation poisoned by …
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Book 0.50

The Capture of Cerberus: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.63
· 451 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1947 · 5 editions
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Book 0.51

Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.63
· 654 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1940 · 8 editions
Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very tradit…
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Book 0.52

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly
3.79
· 6271 Ratings · 477 Reviews · published 2013 · 37 editions

Never before published—the lost classic, unseen fo…

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Book 0.001

The Chess Problem: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
3.46
· 68 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1927 · 2 editions
Inspector Japp is not a Big Four believer.

The good…
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