Hercule Poirot's early cases

A collection of eighteen short stories with Hercule Poirot.Fascinatng adventures in crime, a treasure of vintage Christie. With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings—including what would appear to be the earliest Poirot short story, The Affair at the Victory Ball, which follows soon on the events of The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Two of the stories are narrated by Poirot himself, to Hastings. One, The Chocolate Box, concerns Poirot's early days on the Belgian police force, and the case that was his greatest failure: "My grey cells, they functioned not at all," Poirot admits. But otherwise, in this most fascinating collection, they function brilliantly, Poiro's grey cells, challenging the reader to keep pace at every twist and turn. Eighteen Short Stories Provide A Journey Into Adventure, Crime, And The World Of The Shrewd Belgian Detective, Poirot. The Affair At The Victory Ball.--the Adventure Of The Clapham Cook.--the Cornish Mystery.--the Adventure Of Johnnie Waverly.--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.--how Does Your Garden Grow? Agatha Christie. The affair at the victory ball. The adventure of the Clapham cook. The cornish mystery. The adventure of Johnnie Waverly. 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. How does your garden grow? Fiction,Mystery & Detective,Private investigators,Detective and mystery stories; English,Short stories,Traditional British,Poirot; Hercule (Fictitious character),Private investigators - England - Fiction,Poirot; Hercule (Fictitious character) - Fiction A collection of 18 short stories. This includes the very first Hercule Poirot story (The Chocolate Box). These stories were written very early during Christie's career.