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 episode Poirot is both the main detective in charge of the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and the protagonist who is at the centre of most of the episode's action. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with "", based on the final Poirot novel, every major literary work by Christie that featured the title character had been adapted. Clive Exton in partnership with producer Brian Eastman adapted the pilot. Together, they wrote and produced the first eight series. Exton and Eastman left "Poirot" after 2001, when they began work on "Rosemary & Thyme". Michele Buck and Damien Timmer, who