I generally like Agatha Christie well enough: she can get disgustingly melodramatic, but her mischievous and agile plotting rarely disappoints. I tend not to be terribly fond of Hercule Poirot, however. This is a collection of 11 short Poirot mysteries.

From the back cover:

"Monsieur Hercule Poirot has his own idiosyncratic but highly effective approach to detection. 'It's the brain, the little grey cells,' he is wont to say, 'on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within - not without.'

He pits his agile mind against fiendishly clever murders and burglaries, against kidnappings, espionage and even the dreadful curse of Men-her-Ra. Poirot's little grey cells have never been busier."

Mailed to hetku77 in Nokia, Finland on March 1, 2007. Happy trails!

6.3.2007 The book arrived by mail yesterday. Thank you for fulfilling my wish, Niora!

21.5.2021 A collection of short murder mysteries that Poirot investigates together with Captain Hastings. I enjoyed reading these and the clever findings and conclusions made by Poirot.

Thank you very much for this wishlist RABCK!

A set of short stories in which Poirot uses his little grey cells to solve the case. I enjoyed these although some felt a bit too brief and I felt could have been fleshed out a bit more.

On the book buffet at the 2023 Falkirk Convention.

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Picked up at the Falkirk convention, thank you. After bringing it home I realise however, that I've already read this one! That's the trouble with Agatha Christie - too many titles to keep track of...

I wasn't overly fond of Poirot Investigates first time round it appears, so I'll pass this copy onto someone else at the next Edinburgh meetup I expect.

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Picked up at Bookfest meetup. Thank you!

I enjoyed these amusing little Poirot stories, excellent for dipping into.

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