Delicious Death

UK

HarperCollins, London, Nov. 1991

Plot

All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his own preferred method of deduction.
Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then, of course, there's Poirot whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris, when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death.

short stories

Problem at Pollensa Bay

Strand Magazine, Nov. 1936
a.k.a. 'Siren Business', Liberty, 1936

The Second Gong

Strand Magazine, Jul. 1932; Ladies Home Journal, Jun. 1932

This story was expanded in 1937 into 'Dead Man's Mirror'.

Yellow Iris

Strand Magzine, Jul. 1937

Play

Radio Play / Melodrama / 30 minutes
Characters: Hercule Poirot, Pauline Weatherby, Señora Lola Valdez, Barton Russell, Anthony Chappell, Stephen Carter, waiter, cloakroom attendant, compére

Films & TV

Yellow Iris, ITV/UK, 1993

Agahta Christie's POIROT V

The Harlequin Tea Set

Winter's Crimes #3, 1971

The Regatta Mystery

a.k.a. 'Poirot and the Regatta Mystery', Strand Magzine, Jun. 1936

The Love Detectives

a.k.a. 'At the Crossroads', The Story-Teller, Dec. 1926; Flynn's Weekly, October 30 1926

Next to a Dog

Grand Magzine, Sep. 1929

Magnolia Blossom

Royal Magazine, Mar. 1926

Films & TV

Magnolia Blossam, UK, 1982

Agatha Christie's Hour