Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September 1974. The book retailed at ￡2.25. Despite the fact that the stories contained within the volume had all appeared in previous US collections, the book also appeared there later in 1974 under the slightly different title of Hercule Poirot's Early Cases in an edition retailing at $6.95.

With his career still in its formative years the panache with which Hercule Poirot can solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious.

No soone has he unravelled the complexities surrounding the deaths of Lord Cronshaw and the popular actress Coco Courtenay than he is presented with seventeen other cases all guaranteed to test Poirot s soon-to-be-famous little grey cells to their absolute limit.

How do a veiled woman and a nursery rhyme become key factors in shaping one of the world s greatest detective minds?…

The Affair at the Victory Ball

The Adventure of the Ciapham Cook

The Cornish Mystery

The Double Clue

The King of Clubs

The Lemesurier Inheritance

The Lost Mine

The Plymouth Express

The CHocolate Box

The Submarine Plans

The Third-Floor Flat

Double Sin

The Market Basing Mystery

Wasps Nest

The Veiled Lady

Problem at Sea

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