Delicious Death

Full Length Play / Dramatic Comedy(Mystery/Thriller) / More than 120 minutes
written in 1930
Alfred Ashley, Nov. 1934
Samuel French, London, Jul. 1952

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Tredwell • Lucia Amory • Miss Caroline Amory • Richard Amory • Barbara Amory • Edward Raynor • Dr. Carelli • Sir Claud Amory • Captain Arthur Hastings • Dr. Graham • Inspector Japp • Johnson

Films & TV

Black Coffee, UK, 1931

Film list

Le Coffret de laque, FR, 1932

Film list

Black Coffee, W.Germany, 1973

TV drama list

Black Coffee (Novelize)

adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne, 1997

Sir Claud Amory has discoverd the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends.
Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked.
When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot - with assistance from Hastings and Inspector Japp - has to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.