Poirot Investigates (Hardcover Library Edition)

First published in 1924 'Poirot Investigates' is a short story collection by Agatha Christie an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In the eleven stories celebrated eccentric detective Hercule Poirot cracks an assortment of mysteries implicating greed jealousy and revenge. The detective deals with the theft of a gem said to have been the eye of a mysterious idol a million dollars in bonds that disappear from a locked case jewel thieves who have originated a seemingly impossible theft and even the abduction of the Prime Minister of England. Poirot uses deduction and deception and is not above creating illusions to reveal a killer but his foes are often both more distinctive and more treacherous than simple murderers. He finds himself combating spies and even trying to stop a suspected Egyptian curse. Top 10 Hardcover Library Books: A Wrinkle in Time (9789389440188) How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (9789387669161) Their Eyes Were Watching God (9789389440577) The Magic of Believing (9789388118217) Zen in the Art of Archery (9789354990298) A Cloud by Day a Fire by Night (9789391181611) Siddhartha by Hermann hesse (9789387669116) The Richest Man in Babylon (9789354990717) The Book of Five Rings (9789389440553) The Knowledge of the Holy (9789389157239) Note: Search by ISBN