Arthur Hastings 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 eight other Poirot novels and plays, in addition to being the narrator of several others. Hastings is today strongly associated with Poirot, due more to the changes in the television adaptations compared to the novels. Many of the early TV episodes of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" were adaptations of short stories, in most of
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (short story) The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (short story) "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook" is a short story by crime fiction writer Agatha Christie. It features the writer's famous detective Hercule Poirot and his companion Captain Arthur Hastings. The story was first published in 1924 in the British weekly journal, "The Sketch", as part of the series, "The Grey Cells of M. Poirot II". It also was featured in a collection of short stories entitled "The Second Omnibus of Crime" by author Dorothy L. Sayers first published in 1932. It first appeared in book form in the U.S. in 1951