Agatha Christie's Poirot

Author: Anne Hart
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006499570
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
My Name Is Hercule Poirot And I Am Probably The Greatest Detective In The World.' The Dapper, Moustache-Twirling Little Belgian With The Egg-Shaped Head, Curious Mannerisms And Inordinate Respect For His Own 'Little Grey Cells' Has Solved Some Of The Most Puzzling Crimes Of The Century. Yet Despite Being Familiar To Millions, Poirot Himself Has Remained An Enigma Until Now. From His First Appearance In 1920 To His Last In 1975, From Country-House Drawing-Rooms To Opium Dens In Limehouse, From Mayfair To The Mediterranean, Anne Hart Stalks The Legendary Sleuth, Unveiling The Mysteries That Surround Him. Sifting Through 33 Novels And 56 Short Stories, She Examines His Origins, Tastes, Relationships And Peculiarities, Revealing A Character As Fascinating As The Books Themselves.

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Author: Peter Haining
Publisher: Boxtree
ISBN: 9780752210469
Category : Detective and mystery films
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
Tied to the fifth LWT series featuring the Agatha Christie detective, Hercule Poirot, this book examines the author's literary success. It also describes how the television series is made, and has a chronology of all episodes, and interviews with and profiles of the cast and crew.

The Murder on the Links

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425067949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Monsieur Renauld dies on a golf course just days after sending a plea for help to detective Poirot. Since Renauld possessed a plundered fortune, a scorned wife, a mistress, and an estranged son, there is no lack of suspects. It's up to Poirot to put the police onto the culprit before more murders occur.

Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel (Poirot)

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008516022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
Experience Agatha Christie’s puzzling masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this official graphic novel adaptations!

The LeMesurier Inheritance

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877447800
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

Book Description
Using his gray cells, Poirot will need very little time to discover the mystery behind the Lemesurier curse according to which all the firstborn die before inheriting the family fortune. The mother of the next heir asks Poirot to protect Ronald who has been having accidents that could have been fatal. The Belgian detective and his faithful companion Hasting will discover that the ancient curse could not be true.

Poirot and Me

Author: David Suchet
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0755364201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
In the summer of 2013 David Suchet will film his final scenes as Hercule Poirot. After 24 years in the role, he will have played the character in every story that Agatha Christie wrote about him (bar one, deemed unfilmable) and he will bid adieu to a role and a character that have changed his life. In Poirot and Me, David Suchet tells the story of how he secured the part, with the blessing of Agatha Christie's daughter, and set himself the task of presenting the most authentic Poirot that had ever been filmed. David Suchet is uniquely placed to write the ultimate companion to one of the world's longest running television series. Peppered with anecdotes about filming, including many tales of the guest stars who have appeared over the years, the book is essential reading for Poirot fans all over the world.

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Author: Anne Hart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780862204020
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 361

Book Description

Hallowe'en Party

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780063376892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Enjoy Agatha Christie's beloved classic, Hallowe'en Party--the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh--with a new introduction by Michael Green, screenwriter of the film. When a Halloween party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer. At a Halloween party, Joyce--a surly thirteen-year-old--boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Famed detective Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate. Set against a night of trickery and the occult, it's up to Poirot to uncover the real evil presence responsible for this ghastly deed.

The Labours of Hercules (Poirot)

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0007422415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake...

The Hollow

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
ISBN: 9781579127367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
When Lucy Angkatell hosts a weekend get-together at her country estate, she appears to overlook the obvious fact that all her guests loathe one another. Poirot enjoys a ringside seat for the bizarre goings-on, but he is thrust into an active role when the proceedings suddenly turn deadly.