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One Poisoning.
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Arthritic and immobilized, Poirot calls on his old friend Captain Hastings to join him at Styles to be the eyes and ears that will feed observations to Poirot's still razor sharp mind. Though aware of the criminal's identity, Poirot will not reveal it to the fustrated Hastings, and dubs the nameless personage 'X'. Already responsible for several murders, X, Poirot warns, is ready to strike again, and the partners must work swiftly to prevent imminent murder.Year: 1975
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: In a country house
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: In a country house
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot, Captain Arthur Hastings. Also: Major Allerton, Sir William Boyd-Carrington, Elizabeth Cole, Nurse Craven, Curtiss, Dr. John and Barbara Franklin, George, Judith Hastings, Colonel George (Toby) and Daisy Luttrell, Stephen NortonPublishing history
Publishing: 'Curtain' was published in 1975 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. The novel has not been adapted for stage or screen.Notes and reviews
The novel was actually written early in World War II, during the London Blitz, although not published until 1975. It had been placed in bank vaults, where it had remained until publication. Hastings returns as narrator in a novel for the first time since Dumb Witness in 1937. The novel is set at Styles - the location of the first Poirot novel.Murder methods:
One Gunshot.One Poisoning.