Hercule Poirot in literature Chocolate Box" but for some reason this reference was removed from the later editions. The Poirot books are still under copyright. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is now public domain in the US but will not become public domain in the UK until 2046 (70 years after Christie's death). Christie's grandson, Matthew Prichard, now owns the copyright to his grandmother's works. In 2014, the Christie estate authorised author Sophie Hannah to write a new Poirot book, "The Monogram Murders". "Short story collections listed as "ss"" Poirot settles down in London and opens a private detective agency. These are the short
Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot) is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet stars as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada and on PBS and A&E in the United States. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total; each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot, and consequently in each