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Hercule Poirot turns 100: The strange case of the Belgian detective

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    GandalfTheGrey
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    Interesting, not a familiar character to me, but I think I may be interested in this series. Anyone have a good suggestion for an entry point? Looks like there's quite a few books.

    Interesting, not a familiar character to me, but I think I may be interested in this series. Anyone have a good suggestion for an entry point? Looks like there's quite a few books.

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    1. petrichor
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      They're consumable fiction, you can't go wrong starting with any of them (except perhaps Curtain, the last book in the series). Murder on the Orient Express is probably the most famous novel,...

      They're consumable fiction, you can't go wrong starting with any of them (except perhaps Curtain, the last book in the series). Murder on the Orient Express is probably the most famous novel, followed by The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Death on the Nile.

      Don't limit yourself to Poirot - Agatha Christie's other novels are similarly fantastic - And Then There Were None and Death Comes As The End being two favorites of mine.

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    2. Sand
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      I'd recommend starting with the first one, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. It's great, and it's in the public domain so it should be easy to find online.

      I'd recommend starting with the first one, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. It's great, and it's in the public domain so it should be easy to find online.

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