Poirot's Early Cases

The 18 stories in the collection span the career of Hercule Poirot. They have all been drawn from earlier short story collections and are: The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Adventure of the Clapham Clock, The Cornish Mystery, The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly, The Double Clue, The King of Clubs, The LeMesurier Inheritance, The Lost Mine, The Plymouth Express, The Chocolate Box, The Submarine Plans, The Third Floor Flat, Double Sin, The Market Basing Mystery, Wasp's Nest, The Veiled Lady, Problem at Sea, How Does Your Garden Grow?

Year: 1974
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: Multiple

Cast of characters

Multiple characters

Publishing history

Publishing: 'Poirot's Early Cases' was published in 1974 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and under the title 'Hercule Poirot's Early Cases' by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. See earlier collections for adaptations.

Notes and reviews

Two of the soties are narrated not by Hastings, but by Poirot to Hastings: Chocolate Box and The Lost Mine.

Murder methods:

Multiple.

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