Peril at End House

Hercule Poirot’s relaxing holiday on the Cornish coast takes an unexpected turn when he meets young and pretty Nick Buckley. For it seems to Poirot that someone is trying to kill Nick and he determines that she needs his protection. But even hiding her away in a nursing home does not prevent another attempt on Nick’s life and Poirot has to resort to subterfuge and cunning to solve this tricky case.

Year: 1932
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: England

Cast of characters

Hercule Poirot, Captain Arthur Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp. Also: The Buckleys: Reverend Giles, Jean, Maggie and Nick, Commander George Challenger, Bert and Milly Croft, Dr. Graham, Jim Lazarus, Dr. MacAllister, Mr. Rice, Frederica Rice, Charles Vyse, Dr. Whitfield, Ellen Wilson

Publishing history

Publishing: First published in 1932 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. Stage: The novel was adapted by Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merrivale, and opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London on May 1, 1940, starring Francis L. Sullivan as Poirot. TV: Adapted in 1990 by LWT in England and presented in a two-hour production, the first of a new series to mark the centenary year, starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

Notes and reviews

Dedicated to Agatha Christie's friend Eden Phillpotts who helped her start writing as a young woman and introduced her to his publishers, Hughes Massie.

Murder methods:

One Gunshot.

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