Mystery

The Labours of Hercules

by Agatha Christie · Hercule Poirot series

Twelve cases mapped onto the twelve labours of Hercules, each chosen by Poirot himself as a fitting challenge to his twilight years. From stolen dogs to art forgery to a murder among the mountains, Christie plays the classical parallel with wit and just enough wink. The detective as mythmaker, arranging his own legend.

Hercule Poirot in reading order

• 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles — Agatha Christie
• 2. The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie
• 3. Poirot Investigates — Agatha Christie
• 4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
• 5. The Big Four — Agatha Christie
• 6. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) — Agatha Christie
• 8. Peril at End House — Agatha Christie
• 9. Lord Edgware Dies — Agatha Christie
• 10. Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie
• 12. Death in the Clouds — Agatha Christie
• 13. The ABC Murders — Agatha Christie
• 14. Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie
• 15. Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie
• 17. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17) — Agatha Christie
• 19. Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) — Agatha Christie
• 21. Sad Cypress — Agatha Christie
• 24. Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie
• 25. The Hollow — Agatha Christie
• 31. Ocho Casos de Poirot (Hercule Poirot, #31) — Agatha Christie
• 32. Mrs. McGinty's Dead — Agatha Christie
• 33. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33) — Agatha Christie
• 36. Third Girl — Agatha Christie
• 39. Hallowe'en Party — Agatha Christie
• Poirot's Early Cases — Agatha Christie
• Problem at Pollensa Bay — Agatha Christie
• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding — Agatha Christie
• The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot — Agatha Christie
• The Labours of Hercules — Agatha Christie
• While the Light Lasts — Agatha Christie
• Peligro inminente — Agatha Christie

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