Arthur Hastings of the short stories featuring Poirot, but appears in only eight of the novels, seven of which were written before 1940: Hastings is also the narrator of all stories in "Poirot Investigates" (1924), a collection of short stories. Hastings is also present in Christie's play "Black Coffee" (1930) and its novelisation alongside Poirot. Arthur Hastings Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christie's 1920 novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" and appears as a character in
The Monogram Murders she wanted to avoid reusing any of Christie's supporting cast. "The Monogram Murders" is the first original novel including Hercule Poirot to be commissioned by the Christie estate, more than thirty-eight years after her death in 1976. It is the thirty-fourth novel to feature the character. Agatha Christie wrote her last Poirot novel, "Elephants Can Remember", in 1972. The last featuring Poirot and written by Christie was "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", published 1975 but written in the 1940s to be a swansong. The Christie estate authorised Charles Osborne to novelise several of her plays. The Monogram Murders The Monogram Murders