Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot's first murder investigation. Poirot is called in to investigate the strange events at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, companion to old Mrs Inglethorn, has left and now the air seems rife with suspicion.

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back... But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse...

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond… then came the ‘suicide’ that was murder… a suspicious death in a locked gun-room… a million dollar bond robbery… a jewel robbery by the sea… and, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

Roger Ackroyd knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life. The evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death…

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. Who was he? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'.

When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board…

When he discovers his secret formula is missing, Sir Claud asks the thief to return it to the library whilst the lights are off. When they go on again Sir Claud is dead and Poirot must find the murderer.

Pit Poirot against peril and you get perfection. Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot has his more earthbound theories of what's happening.

Poirot was present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid' of her estranged husband. Now he is dead and Jane has a cast-iron alibi, she was dining with friends at the time and after all he had granted her a divorce, so what motive could she have?

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor’s house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison – just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive…

From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot could observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman...

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until he makes the vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans...

At a dig in Iraq, the wife of the celebrated archaeologist, Dr Leidner, is convinced that someone is coming to murder her. The rest of the party think she is being neurotic, but when she is discovered clubbed to death, Hercule poirot is called upon to find the murderer.

Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, Poirot had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private art collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether…

Emily is an elderly spinster who is accidentally poisoned in her country home. Everyone blamed the accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her terrier but Emily was convinced that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger, but in this exotic setting’ nothing is ever quite what it seems…

As Inspector Japp remarked to Hercule Poirot, "Good night for a murder". It was November 5th, and the odd shot would never be noticed. Someone agreed with him: next morning young Mrs Allen was found dead in her new house. Poirot solves this and three more perplexing cases with his usual brilliance in four tales of murder most foul.

Among the red cliffs of Petra sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he’d overheard back in Jerusalem: ‘You see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?’ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he’d ever met…

It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds everyone had their own reason to hate the old man…

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows…

Poirot has always hated visiting the dentist, but this time his check-up is painless and soon over. As he leaves Mr Morley's surgery, he observes a woman wearing patent leather shoes with large buckles. She catches one of the buckles on the taxi door and wrenches it off, and as Poirot hands it back, he is reminded of the children's rhyme 'One, two, buckle my shoe'. Back home, Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. There was no reason for him to commit suicide, and Poirot believes he was murdered, but who would want to kill an inoffensive dentist? To find out, Poirot must pick up sticks and lay them straight... As Poirot starts to dig and delve, the solution seems apparent. But with so many suspects, and a wealth of motives to digest, he has a long way to go before his plate's empty...

The body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart is found stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun… she had been strangled. Hercule Poirot detected sexual tension in the seaside air. Could this apparent ‘crime of passion’ have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?

Hercule Poirot is asked to investigate a murder. The complication is that it took place sixteen years earlier and a woman has been convicted of the crime.

Hercule Poirot realises that what he at first thought was a clever hoax, is very real - there is a dead body by the swimming pool, accompanied by a hysterical woman. Poirot’s enquiries soon reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect and each a victim of love.

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’.

After marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the family fortune. Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law claiming that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is alive. Poirot has his suspicions...

Mrs McGinty died after a brutal blow to the head, and the only suspect is her shifty and destitute lodger, James Bentley. Bentley is duly arrested, tried and condemned to death. However the policeman who arrested him doesn't think he is a murderer...and calls in Hercule Poirot.

When Cora is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it! But he was murdered, wasn't he?’. Hercule Poirot studies the case.

Something is troubling Poirot's secretary, Miss Lemon. It seems an outbreak of kleptomania at the student hostel in which her sister works is distracting her. Deciding that desperate times call for desperate measures, he agrees to investigate. Unknown to Poirot, however, desperation is a motive he shares with a killer…

Sir George and Lady Stubbs decide to have a murder mystery party. They ask Ariadne Oliver to organise this for them and she calls in Hercule Poirot for some help when she feels something is ‘just not right'.

Two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion. They stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress – shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the ‘cat’ strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot’s help, she will be the next victim…

Stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent and made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man. What intrigued Poirot was the time factor. Sheila remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o'clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. However, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house...

Three single girls shared the same London flat. One of the girls came to Poirot for help, convinced she was a murderer. Without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot’s tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty, innocent or insane…

At a Hallowe’en party, thirteen-year-old Joyce boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off. Within hours her body is found, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Hercule Poirot is called in, but first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer.

Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict. He delves back into the past and discovers that ‘old sin leave long shadows’.