Black Coffee

In the spring of 1934 Poirot is summoned to Surrey by England's most prominent physicist, Sir Claud Amory. Amory fears that someone in his household is attempting to steal his latest discovery, a formula critical to England's defence. Poirot, with Captain Hastings at his side, rushes to Surrey, but arrives too late: Amory has died, his formula is missing and anyone in his country house, full of relatives and guests, could have been responsible.

Year: 1997
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: In a country house

Cast of characters

Poirot, Captain Hastings, Sir Claude Amory, Lucia Amory, Richard Amory, Dr Carelli, Tredwell, Edward Raynor,

Publishing history

This is a novelisation by Charles Osborne of an original Christie play of the same name written in 1930. For further details, see 'Black Coffee' in the plays section.

Notes and reviews

Sir Claude's butler is called 'Tredwell' as is the butler in The Secret of Chimneys and the Seven Dials Mystery but whether they are related is not known.

Murder methods:

Multiple.

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