The Labours of Hercules (Agatha Christie Collection)

Product Description <br/>Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious.<br/>In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.<br/>So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed “Labors.” Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.<br/> Review <br/>“Hercule Poirot was and is the gold standard among brilliant and quirky detectives, and the Christie touch with plot and puzzle has never been equaled, much less exceeded.” (John Lescroart,<br/>New York Times bestselling author)<br/><br/>“A finely shaped book, richly devious and quite brilliant—by far the best volume of Poirot shorts.” (<br/>San Francisco Chronicle)<br/><br/>“Twelve little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best.” (<br/>Sunday Express (London))<br/> From the Back Cover <br/>In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.<br/>So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed “Labors.” Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.<br/> About the Author <br/>Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976.