Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcée), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess), who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister), who cried all the way home.

Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073570
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	54,971
Product dimensions:	5.16(w) x 7.92(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

Editorial Reviews

The answer to the riddle is brilliant.” — Times Literary Supplement (London)

“A brilliant piece of detective fiction, in which character plays an important part.” — Daily Telegraph (London)

“Straightforward bamboozling from start to finish.” — New Statesman (UK)

“As usual, Mrs. Christie hoaxes us with a double twist at the denouement, and provides excellent entertainment.” — Punch (UK)

“Agatha Christie never fails us, and her Five Little Pigs presents a very pretty problem for the ingenious reader.” — Manchester Guardian (UK)

From the Publisher

A brilliant piece of detective fiction, in which character plays an important part.

Daily Telegraph (London)

Straightforward bamboozling from start to finish.

New Statesman (UK)

The answer to the riddle is brilliant.

Times Literary Supplement (London)

Agatha Christie never fails us, and her Five Little Pigs presents a very pretty problem for the ingenious reader.

Manchester Guardian (UK)

As usual, Mrs. Christie hoaxes us with a double twist at the denouement, and provides excellent entertainment.

Punch (UK)

"The answer to the riddle is brilliant."

Time Magazines Literary Supplement (London)

Beautiful deducing.

New York Times

Uncanny...brilliant.

Times Literary Supplement

Hugh Fraser is Captain Hastings in BBC Television's productions of the Hercule Poirot stories. As it turns out, he can also read a Hercule Poirot story very well indeed. For BBC fans, his Poirot sounds remarkably like David Suchet's version of the role--short, round, precise, and Belgian. He also gives oral definition to the other widely varying characters— everyone from a ride-to-the-hounds country fellow to an impoverished, very particular retired nanny. It all concerns the death of famous painter Amyas Crane. Sixteen years earlier, his wife was imprisoned for murdering him. She died in prison. Her now grown daughter believes that her mother may have been innocent. But was she? Poirot, ably supported by Hugh Fraser, will find out. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

FEB/MAR 05 - AudioFile

Hugh Fraser is Captain Hastings in BBC Television's productions of the Hercule Poirot stories. As it turns out, he can also read a Hercule Poirot story very well indeed. For BBC fans, his Poirot sounds remarkably like David Suchet's version of the role--short, round, precise, and Belgian. He also gives oral definition to the other widely varying characters— everyone from a ride-to-the-hounds country fellow to an impoverished, very particular retired nanny. It all concerns the death of famous painter Amyas Crane. Sixteen years earlier, his wife was imprisoned for murdering him. She died in prison. Her now grown daughter believes that her mother may have been innocent. But was she? Poirot, ably supported by Hugh Fraser, will find out. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

FEB/ MAR 05 - AudioFile