Book info

• Title Poirot Investigates
• Author Agatha Christie
• Year 1924
• Genre Mystery

In this set of short stories Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirot’s early cases from the days before he was famous... Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot could solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious. Chronicled by his friend Captain Hastings, these eighteen early cases – from theft and robbery to kidnapping and murder – were all guaranteed to test Poirot’s soon-to-be-famous ‘little grey cells’ to their absolute limit.

Thoughts

A collection of short stories featuring everyone’s favourite Belgian detective, this reminded me so much of Sherlock. Written from the point of view of Captain Hastings, as a companion to the genius Poirot, he bumbles around seeing the same clues and not getting anywhere near the answers. Sounds just like Watson. But either way, this is a really good collection of mysteries, easy to read, quick to get through, very tricky to guess. Each one could almost be a book in its own right, so it’s fun to read them all in the same book.

Rating: 4 / 5