The Labours of Hercules

Author: Christie, Agatha

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 13 March 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Poirot' series.

Paperback | 400 pages
196 x 130 x 27 | 266g

Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake…

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.

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.