Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Jul 2012 · Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 24 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Hugh Fraser

About this audiobook

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, 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.

Ratings and reviews

This is my favorite Agatha Christie mystery so far there is something of a Romeo and Juliet colidascopic love triangle to the tale that I found gripping and yet subtle and sensitive. Despite the shockingly macabre conclusion the narrative shows some surpriseingly modern sensibilities.

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.