The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Jan 2004 · Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 5 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Famed private eye Hercule Poirot tackles international intrigue and espionage in this classic Agatha Christie mystery.

Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper?

Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life—and that of his "twin brother"—to uncover the truth.

Ratings and reviews

If you are looking to start reading Agatha Christie, please do not pick this book. It is a slight affair, cobbled together from sub-par short stories at a time in her life when she was under a lot of emotional duress. This book shows all that by making Poirot into a stereotype of a generic Holmes, always pulling rabbits out of nowhere. There's even a twin brother and too many disguises to be believed.

The first book I've read through entirely on my own and had inspired me into reading more often. Vert capturing, each chapter revealing more and more.

Agatha Christie is a great read.

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.