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Poirot Investigates
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Hercule Poirot: Book 3

Poirot Investigates (1924) (edit title/settings)

A Hercule Poirot Anthology

by Agatha Christie (Author) (edit contributors)

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Cross a movie star, an archaeologist, a French maid, a prime minister, a wealthy dowager, and an Italian count with Hercule Poirot and you get a collection of the detective's most intriguing criminal puzzles.

Summary edit see section history

These are 11 short stories where M.Poirot and Captain Hastings solve mysteries together. M.Poirot solves the mysteries using his"little grey cells" and Hastings speculates wrongfully.

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First Sentence edit see section history

I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The Adventure of the Western Star
2. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
3. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
4. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
5. The Mystery of the Hunters' Lodge
6. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
7. The Jewel Robbery of the Grand Metropolitan
8. The Kidnapped Prime Minister
9. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
10. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
11. The Case of the Missing Will
12. The Veiled Lady
13. The Lost Mine
14. The Chocolate Box

Glossary edit see section history

  • Idiosyncrasy: A characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • Bonhomie: Frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality.
  • Haemorrhage: Profuse bleeding from ruptured blood vessels
  • Discrepancy (pg. 52): The state or quality of being discrepant; difference; inconsistency.
  • Maisonnettes (pg. 70): A small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
  • Philanthropy (pg. 71): Altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
  • Adroitly (pg. 88): Expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
  • Bagatelles (pg. 123): Something of little value or importance.
  • Punctilious (pg. 133): Extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • Grandiloquently (pg. 206): Speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • Loquacity (pg. 224): An instance of talkativeness or garrulity.
  • Amicable (pg. 292): Characterized by or showing goodwill.
  • Matriculate (pg. 292): To enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 39 in Hercule Poirot. (standard series)

Preceded by Murder on the Links, and followed by The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

This is book 43 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)

Preceded by At Bertram's Hotel, and followed by Murder Is Easy.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Agatha Christie (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1924
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 310

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Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • Wikipedia: "Poirot Investigates" on Wikipedia.
  • Agatha Christie: "Poirot Investigates" on the official Agatha Christie Website.

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