'Surprise Endings by Hercule Poirot is an omnibus edition of Agatha Christie works published by Dodd Mead in 1956.[1] The omnibus is available in hardcover only and consists of The A.B.C. Murders and Murder in Three Acts and Cards on the Table. Like many Dodd Mead titles of this era, there is both a regular edition and a Book Club edition with the same content.
Blurb from front flap[]
SURPRISE ENDINGS, those completely unexpected, last-minute disclosures of the real identity of the criminal, are the trade mark of Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective. Once the local police have decided on their victim--and the reader has agreed with them--the little gray cells begin furiously to explode into a dramatically different solution of the mystery--and everyone, including the villain, is confronted--and confounded--by Poirot's unique insight.
Here are three of Hercule Poirot's most remarkable surprise solutions: THE ABC MURDERS, CARDS ON THE TABLE and MURDER IN THREE ACTS. In each, the famous detective is at the top of his unrivalled powers. The result is the mystery bargain of the season--three superb novels for little more than the price of one in their original editions.
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- ↑ Besides the copyright dates of the component novels, the year of publication of this omnibus is actually given on the title page.