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

Agatha Christie

Nov 2004 · Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 24 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

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

Have loved her since I was 13! Over 50 years ago! Have YET to get the murderer AND the method or motive right!! Poirot and Miss Marple are so different but Agatha Christie makes you fall in love with them both!

There is a hint that gave the killer away. But it's easy to miss. One of the suspects dropped something that put them at the crime scene. But it still left mystery until it's solved.

I couldn't decipher this at all.. Nice and long with out dragging on!! I couldn't stop reading.. Seems I'm addicted to Agatha Christie!!

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.