Hercule Poirot book 13 · 1936
Cards on the Table
Mr Shaitana, a sinister host, invites Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle and Colonel Race to dinner, along with four people he believes have got away with murder. During the bridge game afterwards, Shaitana is stabbed.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Hercule Poirot, book 13 of 33
- Also part of
- Superintendent Battle, book 3
- Published
- 1936
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
Cards on the Table on screen
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013, series, ITV). David Suchet plays Poirot in seventy episodes that adapt every Poirot novel and almost all the stories.
Who is in Cards on the Table
4 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart. Introduces Ariadne Oliver.
Lead 1
- Hercule PoirotBelgian detective who relies on his “little grey cells”Also in books by Sophie Hannah
Major 3
- Ariadne OliverFirst appearanceCrime novelist and Poirot’s friendFirst meets Poirot
- Superintendent BattleScotland Yard detective
- Colonel RaceIntelligence officer
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with Cards on the Table.
- Death on the Nile1937 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Mrs McGinty’s Dead1952 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Man’s Folly1956 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Third Girl1966 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon