Hercule Poirot sort of obsessive-compulsive" in Poirot. As mentioned in "Curtain" and "The Clocks", he is fond of classical music, particularly Mozart and Bach. In "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", Poirot operates as a fairly conventional, clue-based and logical detective; reflected in his vocabulary by two common phrases: his use of "the little grey cells" and "order and method". Hastings is irritated by the fact that Poirot sometimes conceals important details of his plans, as in "The Big Four". In this novel, Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax. This aspect of Poirot is less evident in the later novels,
Hercule Poirot in literature and Hercule Poirot mysteries become rare. In 36 years Agatha Christie wrote only 13 novels and one short story. Some Poirot adventures were later expanded into other stories or re-written. They are: Other stories were adapted by Christie into plays, sometimes removing Poirot: In addition, the 1930 play "Black Coffee" was novelized by Charles Osborne in 1998. Hercule Poirot in literature This page details the books featuring the fictional character Hercule Poirot. The sets of rules involving "official" details of the "lives" and "works" of fictional characters vary from one fictional universe to the next according to the canon established