Hercule Poirot book 33 · 1975
Curtain
Hercule Poirot, old and ill, returns to Styles, where his first case took place, and asks Hastings to help him stop a murderer. Written during the Second World War as Poirot’s final case.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Hercule Poirot, book 33 of 33
- Published
- 1975
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Curtain 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 Curtain
2 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Hercule PoirotBelgian detective who relies on his “little grey cells”His last caseAlso in books by Sophie Hannah
Major 1
- Arthur HastingsPoirot’s friend and narrator
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with Curtain.
- Dumb Witness1937 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The A.B.C. Murders1936 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Lord Edgware Dies1933 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Peril at End House1932 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon