The Labours Of Hercules

In appearance Hercule Poirot does not resemble an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.

So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

‘Twelve little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best.’ Sunday Express