poirot, hercule (fictitious character)

Retired detective Hercule Poirot investigates the bizarre case of Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire who arrives at a job to find a corpse surrounded by five clocks and no one there who knows anything about her being hired.

When a man is sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his landlord, Superintendent Spence, convinced of the man's innocence, seeks the help of former-police officer Hercule Poirot in solving the mystery.

Presents twelve stories in which the ingenious Hercule Poirot uses his wits and detective skills to unravel the mysterious.

Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve an archaeologist's wife's murder while she was on a dig in Iraq.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solves a murder that occurred on the Orient Express.

One of the very respectable guests at the festive Hallowe'en party must have committed murder--someone who had a nasty shock from Joyce's revelation.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot tries to learn the identity of the person who is trying to murder Miss Nick Buckley.

Agatha Christie's classic novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who is called upon to investigate the murder of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family.

Poirot vacations at the picturesque Jolly Roger Hotel, situated on an island, and finds that at least one of the guests is a cunning murderer.