While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997, ss).Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991, ss).Curtain (written about 1940, published 1975) also published as Curtain: Poirot's Last Case.
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Hercule Poirot Series in publication order She later also wrote Closed Casket (2016), The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018) and The Killings At Kingfisher Hill (2020). In 2014, the Christie estate authorised author Sophie Hannah to write a new Poirot book, The Monogram Murders. Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, now owns the copyright to his grandmother's works. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links and Poirot Investigates are now public domain in the US but will not become public domain in the UK until 2046 (70 years after Christie's death). The Poirot books are still under copyright in the United Kingdom. Only works written by Christie (including short stories, the novels and her play Black Coffee) are to be considered canon by most fans and biographers. 5 Other stories set in Poirot's universe.3.2.1 Shortly after Poirot flees to England (1916–1918).3.2 Career as a private detective and retirement.3 Books and short stories in chronological order.2 Hercule Poirot Series in publication order.Poirot was finally introduced to the world in The Mysterious Affair at Stylesin 1920, 4 years after it was written, and Hastings had the honour of describing him to readers. Not letting that stop her, she sent it off to another publisher. Once professionally typed up, Christie sent the story to a publisher – Hodder and Stoughton – who returned it. With that in mind, Christie packed her bags and headed to Dartmoor for an undisturbed fortnight to focus on finishing her first detective novel.įollowing a fortnight of focusing solely on the story, and after rewriting the over-complicated middle section, Agatha Christie’s first detective novel was complete. Finding the process tiring and irritating, her mother suggested that in order to finish the story, she should take a holiday away from home. Not pleased with the combination of Hercules Poirot, the name was adjusted and Hercule Poirot was born.Īgatha Christie had the start and the end of the story planned, and in moments of leisure she attempted to fill in the gaps, battering away on her sister’s old typewriter a chapter at a time. With the desire for a grand name, Hercules came first, then Poirot. Once these key traits were established, Christie moved onto the task of naming him. More importantly he must be extremely brainy, and possess little grey cells of the mind. Standing at no more than 5 feet 4 inches tall, and possessing a waxed moustache, he was immaculately groomed and dressed in the finest clothing. He was to be a tidy little man, because, as Christie herself observed, his creator was the opposite. How about a refugee police officer? A retired police officer. Why not make my detective a Belgian? There were all types of refugees.