Tag: Hercule Poirot
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Poirot Adventures: Triangle at Rhodes
I read this one the day I started this article and I’m already starting to forget it. Which should just about sum up the review, really. Poirot is off for a holiday, eager to get away from crime and detective work. Unfortunately, our favorite Belgian ends up embroiled in a complicated web of love and…
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Poirot Adventures: Problems at Sea
I’m not gonna sugarcoat it: I hate this one. Despite his hatred of sailing, Hercule Poirot finds himself on a cruise ship for a nice vacation. But when the ship makes port, one of the passengers is murdered in her cabin! With the door locked and a strange clue leading everyone off the trail, can…
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Poirot Adventures: How Does Your Garden Grow?
What better way to start your day than a short story about an old lady getting poisoned? Truly, the finest way to spend a morning. These jokes are gonna get me in trouble one of these days… Sorting through his mail, Hercule Poirot receives a letter asking him for help. A few days later, he…
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Poirot Adventures: Dead Man’s Mirror
Most Poirot shorts are just that: short. You can finish them in less than an hour, nay, less than half an hour. Not so here! This one is well over two hours long, far and away the longest Poirot short I’ve reviewed so far! Let’s hope that’s to its benefit! While relaxing in his apartment,…
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Poirot Adventures: The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
Oh boy, time for another murder! A vicious crime has taken the national spotlight. During a dinner party, a man was brutally murdered and stuffed into the titular Baghdad chest. It seems to be an open and shut case, with the true killer already being captured. However, the wife of the victim believes the killer…
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