Poirot

Product Description

A brand new POIROT omnibus featuring the first five appearances of the detectives side-kick the sleuthing crime novelist Ariadne Oliver: Cards on the Table Mrs Mc Gintys Dead Dead Mans Folly & the short stories The Case of the Discontented Soldier & The Case of the Rich Woman. Hercule Poirot & Ariadne Oliver were an unilkely combination -- a world-famous detective who dealt with fact & a prolific crime writer who dealt with fantasy. But their paths crossed six times & Mrs Oliver was to become one of Poirots staunchest allies. Cards on the Table Ariadne Oliver makes her first appearance in Poirots life when they attend a bridge party in which the host is silently murdered in full view of a roomful of guests. Mrs Mc Gintys Dead After 16 years Mrs Oliver re-enters Poirots life when an old widow is murdered in the parlour of her cottage. Dead Mans Folly A murder hunt is staged for charity but alarmingly turns into the real thing when Poirot & Mrs Oliver have to face up to their first case of a child murder. The Case of the Discontented Soldier & The Case of the Rich Woman are two bonus stories in which Mrs Oliver makes an appearance alongside the private eye Christopher Parker Pyne.