![]() ![]() The most popular novels featuring the detective are ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’, and ‘Death on the Nile’.Īmong Christie’s other creations who featured frequently in her stories, the most popular next to Poirot is Miss Marple, an elderly single woman, nosy by nature, who plays detective in rural murders. Over a span of 55 years, Poirot featured in 33 novels, two plays written by Christie, and more than 50 short stories. The quirky character of the moustachioed “little” detective, who is fond of hot chocolate, was rooted in Christie’s experiences as a nurse during the war, when she tended to Belgian soldiers and refugees. Christie introduced Poirot, along with regular characters Captain Arthur Hastings (Poirot’s equivalent of Dr Watson) and Inspector Japp, in her debut novel, ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’, published in 1916 during the First World War. ![]()
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