Poirot Investigates is one of Agatha Christie's many mystery books. This one, however, is quite a bit different than others that I have read. It is an anthology of short stories about the famous detective Hercule Poirot, a Belgian who, to say the least, thinks very highly of himself as a detective.
Each story is told from the point of view of Poirot's partner, Hastings. He tells of several cases that Hercule Poirot solved, and one that he didn't. These cases run from murder mysteries to stolen items and everything in between.
Each story is around 15 pages long, and the reader doesn't have much time to even think about who they think might have committed the crime. Also, since the stories are told from Hastings' point of view, often they will include a part where it says that Hercule Poirot went somewhere, or he had a conversation with somone, and it doesn't let the reader know about that until after the case has been solved. In my opinion,this book was not as fun to read because there wasn't as much time to think about the crimes and try to figure out who did it. The reader just starts thinking about what possibly could have happened, and Hercule Poirot has solved it already.
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