Originally published in March 1924, 'Poirot Investigates' is the first short story collection to feature the famous detective Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie, an English writer famous for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, specifically those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his associate, Captain Hastings, solve perplexing cases of murder and deceit in this short mystery collection. It has one of Agatha Christie's most beloved sleuths, Hercule Poirot- the immortal protagonist of such classic mystery novels as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. In this, Hercule Poirot takes on the case of a Hollywood film star and her highly coveted diamond, the questionable suicide of a man who's worth more dead than alive, the curse of a pharaoh's tomb, the abduction of a Prime Minister, and much more.