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After publishing a few Hercule Poirot books, Agatha Christie decided to create a new character, that of an older spinster woman named Miss Marple. Against the objections of her publisher, who argued that no one …

Now that we have concluded our review of all the Hercule Poirot books, we are on our way to study Miss Jane Marple, the character most beloved by Dame Agatha Christie. Even today, the media …

Hercule Poirot returns one final time in Curtain: Hercule Poirot’s Last Case, and he reunites with Captain Hastings, not seen since 1937 in Dumb Witness, in their old age at Styles Court, the scene of …

In Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver  is disturbed to be cornered at a writers’ luncheon by an odious woman demanding information about the young woman her son wants to marry, who …

Mrs. Ariadne Oliver turns to Hercule Poirot for help after attending a children’s Hallowe’en Party in this book by Agatha Christie. They have decorating contests, see their true love’s face in a magical mirror, and …

Hercule Poirot is intrigued to receive a new visitor, a young woman who looks dirty and messy and wants to consult Poirot over a murder she thinks she might have committed in Third Girl by …

Agatha Christie’s The Clocks opens with Colin Lamb’s strolling down Wilbraham Crescent when a young lady exits #19, screaming and running straight into his arms. Sheila Webb, an employee of a stenographic agency, earlier received …

Cat among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie is not your typical Hercule Poirot book, with Poirot’s not making his first appearance until the last third of the book, but it still is a terrific read. …

Hercule Poirot comes to the rescue of Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, the famous mystery writer and alter-ego of Agatha Christie, when she notices strange details that make her fear a murder in the offing in Dead …

Agatha Christie liked using nursery rhymes as themes for her books, so Hickory Dickory Dock features students living in a boarding house on Hickory Road with “Mother” Hubbard, the sister of Hercule Poirot’s inimitable secretary, …