Hercule Poirot’s Casebook (Hercule Poirot, #42)
by Agatha Christie

5 out of 5 stars

This collection of fifty short stories with Hercule Poirot is wonderful! Poirot is one of my favorite fictional detectives, and it’s so fun to see all these mysteries being solved very quickly in just a few pages. I love the longer Poirot novels as well, but I enjoyed reading these short stories because I could quickly finish each one within a few minutes when I had little time to read.

This full collection includes stories that have previously been published in other short story collections, like Poirot Investigates, Dead Man’s Mirror, The Regatta Mystery, The Labors of Hercules, Three Blind Mice, The Under Dog, and Double Sin.

How Does Your Garden Grow? has always been a favorite of mine, as well as The Kidnapped Prime Minister. But there are just too many good ones to choose from! The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest is another favorite one.

I’ve really enjoyed taking my time through this book and reading a story here and there, a little at a time for months, whenever I needed a little reading treat!