The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot is a 2019 compilation of short stories by Agatha Christie featuring the cases of Hercule Poirot. The collection was first published by Dreamscape in 2019 and is available in ebook and audio formats only.
The collection consists of 25 short stories which were first published in The Sketch in 1923. This collection is not the same as that in Poirot's Early Cases. The latter has 18 stories.
Blurb[]
(from publisher's website)
"This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. In these stories, including “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim,” “The Veiled Lady,” and “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb,” the eccentric private detective slowly and surely solves mysteries involving jealousy, revenge and greed. These stories were well-received at the time and cemented Christie’s reputation as the worthy successor to Arthur Conan Doyle."[1]
List of Short stories[]
- The Affair at the Victory Ball
- The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
- The King of Clubs
- The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim
- The Plymouth Express
- The Adventure of 'The Western Star'
- The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
- The Kidnapped Prime Minister
- The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
- The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
- The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
- The Chocolate Box
- The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
- The Veiled Lady
- The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
- The Market Basing Mystery
- The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
- The Case of the Missing Will
- The Submarine Plans
- The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
- The Lost Mine
- The Cornish Mystery
- The Double Clue
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- The Lemesurier Inheritance
Audiobook[]
- The audiobook version is read by Charles Armstrong