{"product_id":"poirot-investigates-ebook","title":"Poirot Investigates","description":"\u003cheader class=\"cmsmasters_archive_item_header entry-header\"\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cmsmasters_archive_item_content entry-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe little grey cells are about to get a workout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eBefore the long novels, before the country house puzzles, before the final curtain, there were the stories that introduced the world to the fussy Belgian detective with the egg-shaped head and the mind like a steel trap. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePoirot Investigates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is where it all clicked into place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eCaptain Hastings, Poirot's loyal if easily baffled companion, narrates eleven cases that take the pair from the heart of London to the English countryside, from the theft of a jewel to the disappearance of a prime minister. A financier is found dead in a locked room with no apparent cause of death. A millionaire plans a fake burglary to test his wife's loyalty—and gets more than he bargained for. A mysterious telephone call draws Poirot into a web of international espionage. A séance reveals a murderer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThese are not whodunits in the traditional sense. They are puzzles of logic, exercises in pure deduction. Poirot does not chase suspects or dust for fingerprints. He sits in an armchair, closes his eyes, and arranges the facts in his mind until the pattern emerges. Hastings, meanwhile, stumbles around making wrong guesses, providing the reader with a satisfying mix of frustration and amusement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Christie at her most playful and inventive: a collection of short, sharp, perfectly engineered mysteries that showcase her genius for misdirection, her love of the locked-room puzzle, and her appreciation for a detective who solves crimes with nothing more than a functioning brain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in the UK in 1924, the first collection of Poirot short stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eIncludes such classics as \"The Adventure of the Western Star,\" \"The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor,\" and \"The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe eleventh story, \"The Chocolate Box,\" offers a rare glimpse of a case Poirot failed to solve—the only one he ever mentions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the best detective doesn't need a gun or a magnifying glass. Just a comfortable chair and a quiet place to think.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright, widely regarded as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her works have sold over two billion copies worldwide, outranked only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She created two of the most famous detectives in fiction: the meticulous Belgian Hercule Poirot and the sharp-eyed amateur Miss Jane Marple. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePoirot Investigates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was her first collection of Poirot short stories, following the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Murder on the Links\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1923). Many of the stories had been previously published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Sketch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003emagazine, where they were enormously popular with readers. She died in 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54465520927092,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54465520959860,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54465520992628,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54465521025396,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/PoirotInvestigates_AgathaChristie_Ebook.png?v=1780715743","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/poirot-investigates-ebook","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}