Agatha Christie is the undisputed queen of British crime and mystery writing and released many of her novels before World War II. She had a number of different characters that she used regularly, but the two best known and loved are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Agatha Christie The Big Four with Hercule Poirot is a slightly different book to many of her other crime books.

This novel is a little different to many of Agatha Christie’s books because it does not deal with a single crime being investigates, but is broken into four different parts. The novel was released in 1927 following on from the short stories being published in Sketch Magazine.

The novel starts when Hercule Poirot is preparing for a trip to America. He is visited by his friend Captain Hastings and Poirot asks the captain if he knows anything of “the big four”.

Before Poirot departs they are visited by a stranger who tells them something of “the big four”. He tells them that one of the gang members is a Chinese mastermind in the style of Fu Man Chu, another member is a supposed American symbolized by a dollar sign, a French femme fatale is another member and the final one is known as the “destroyer”. Hastings and Poirot pretend to leave for their trip, but go back to the residence only to find that the man died.

When you read The Big Four you are taken along the ride of the plot twists and back flips and somersaults that Agatha Christie is well known for. She does not let you down here and both Agatha Christie fans and the uninitiated to the queen of crime will find this book a completely satisfying adventure.

If you are looking for a mystery that is easy to read and packs all the intrigue and suspense that you would expect, then you should get a copy of Agatha Christie The Big Four with Hercule Poirot.

Agatha Christie books continue to enjoy favored status around the world decades after the demise of the queen of British mystery writers. Agatha Christie: The Big Four book is a compilation of four short stories featuring favorite character Hercules Poirot.