The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Dover Mystery Classics)

Name: The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Dover Mystery Classics)
Brand: Dover Publications
SKU: SPTM-9780486849812
Price: 9.95 USD
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Jacket Description/Back:
Agatha Christie's The Big Four enjoyed commercial success at the time of its publication in 1927. Originally published as twelve short stories, Christie weaves these briefer mysteries into a larger cloak and dagger spy tale of suspense. The novel deviates from her earlier writing style, replacing the usual setting of a manor house containing British gentry with a cosmopolitan setting. Renowned private detective Hercule Poirot, pulled into a world of intrigue and espionage, sets out to break up an international group of four criminal masterminds. In this follow-up to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Christie has crafted an action-packed plot filled with colorful characters whose aim is world domination. The offbeat novel takes readers on a compelling, fast-paced thrill ride from England and France to Belgium and Italy.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS

I. The Unexpected Guest
II. The Man from the Asylum
III. We Hear More About Li Chang Yen
IV. The Importance of a Leg of Mutton
V. Disappearance of a Scientist
VI. The Woman on the Stairs
VII. The Radium Thieves
VIII. In the House of the Enemy
IX. The Yellow Jasmine Mystery
X. We Investigate at Croftlands
XI. A Chess Problem
XII. The Baited Trap
XIII. The Mouse Walks In
XIV. The Peroxide Blonde
XV. The Terrible Catastrophe
XVI. The Dying Chinaman
XVII. Number Four Wins a Trick
XVIII. In the Felsenlabyrinth

Brief Description:
"The follow-up to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four enjoyed commercial success at the time of its publication, despite lukewarm critical reviews. While the style deviates somewhat from other Christie novels (it is comprised of several short stories), the story takes readers on a fast-paced thrill ride, combining several smaller mysteries within a larger one. Poirot sets out to break up an international group of four criminal masterminds, and is pulled into a world of intrigue and espionage. Readers will delight in the action-packed plot and the many colorful characters that Christie conjures in this offbeat novel"--

Publisher Marketing:
Agatha Christie's The Big Four enjoyed commercial success at the time of its publication in 1927, despite lukewarm critical reviews. Deviating from her earlier writing style, Christie presents several smaller mysteries within a larger one. Renowned private detective Hercule Poirot, pulled into a world of intrigue and espionage, sets out to break up an international group of four criminal masterminds. In this follow-up to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Christie has crafted an action-packed plot filled with colorful characters whose aim is world domination. The offbeat novel takes readers on a fast-paced thrill ride from England and France to Belgium and Italy.