poirot, hercule (fictional character)

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.

Detective Hercule Poirot decides that a purported suicide was really a murder, but before he can act more murders are committed.

Inspector Hercule Poirot, having retired to the small English village of King's Abbot, is drawn into the investigation of the murders of the widow Mrs. Ferrars and her suitor, local squire Roger Ackroyd.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the curious murder of millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett in a locked compartment aboard the Orient Express while the train is stranded by a snowdrift. He must find the murderer before he decides to strike again.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of the wife of an esteemed archaeologist, killed while accompanying her husband on a dig deep in the Iraqi desert.

In Agatha Christie's first book, Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.

"A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and gives to his heartsick daughter, Ruth Kettering, the "Heart of Fire," one of the world's legendary jewels. Legend has it that the possession of the jewel leads to death - but despite her father's protests, young Ruth decides to take it with her on the Blue Train to the French Riviera, where she has planned a reunion with her former lover. A few days into the journey, Ruth is found dead and her priceless rubies stolen.".

Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.

Detective Hercule Poirot sets out to catch a killer when murder becomes part of the curriculum at the Meadowbank school for privileged young ladies.

Detective Hercule Poirot arrives at Gorston Hall for the Christmas holidays only to discover his host, aging millionaire Simeon Lee, has been murdered, apparently by one of his guests.