Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires - to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake...
In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet - reasoned the detective - like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.
So,in the period leading up to his retirement,Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed'Labours'. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007527595Number of pages: 400Weight: 280 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
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'Twelve little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best'Sunday Express
'I have often thought that Mrs Christie was not so much the best as the only living writer of the true of classic detective story'Margery Allingham
'A finely shaped book,richly devious and quite brilliant - by far the best volume of Poirot shorts'San Francisco Chronicle
Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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