The Labours of Hercules.
Ratings23
Average rating3.5
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Ratings23
Average rating3.5
The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947. It features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and gives an account of twelve cases with which he intends to close his career as a private detective. His regular sidekicks (his secretary, Miss Lemon, and valet, George/Georges) make cameo appearances, as does Chief Inspector Japp. The stories were all first published in periodicals between 1939 and 1947. In the Foreword to the volume, Poirot declares that he will carefully choose the cases to conform to the mythological sequence of the Twelve Labours of Hercules. In some cases (such as The Nemean Lion) the connection is a highly tenuous one, while in others the choice of case is more or less forced upon Poirot by circumstances. By the end, The Capture of Cerberus has events that correspond with the twelfth labour with almost self-satirical convenience. - Wikipedia.
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This was entertaining enough and I liked the gimmick of each case having to do with an individual Labour. Some stories, I felt, had quite a fair bit of misogynistic elements, but nothing that I couldn't close one eye towards.
This reads like a series of short stories, each mystery mirroring one of the labors of Hercules. I loved it and found them all very clever (but then, I do like mythology too!)! I feel like I say this every time I read a new Poirot mystery, but really, this is one of my favorites. :D
Series
46 primary books63 released booksHercule Poirot is a 59-book series with 46 primary works first released in 197 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie, and 7 others.
Series
14 primary books15 released booksHercule Poirot Short Story is a 16-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie, and Britte-Marie Bergström.
