5/22/2023 0 Comments Final poirot book![]() This mystery also references other cases that Poirot solved during his career weaving the past and present into the twisting storyline. I loved how Christie brought the series full circle giving Poirot a worthy send-off. With him is a widowed Captain Hastings who has returned to England from Argentina. ( )Ĭurtain, the last case for Hercule Poirot takes place at Styles, the manor where Agatha Christie first introduced the funny little Belgian detective who makes use of his little gray cells. It is the twists and turns and red herrings that are unexpected. ![]() It is a traditional Christie mystery, with locked room, people roaming the halls after all have gone to bed, secrets and atmosphere. The murderer has struck in five instances and five locations, and will probably strike again. There is the retired colonel and his sharped tongued wife who runs the guest home the research doctor and his invalided wife and her nurse three single men and a single woman - among them is a murderer. Among the guests at Styles is Hastings’ daughter, who is working with a research doctor. ![]() ![]() Poirot is in bad health and has asked Hastings to meet at Styles. This makes for a full circle of Poirot’s life. ![]() The setting is a country house called “Styles,” the site of his first case and where he met the person he would partner with on many cases - Arthur Hastings. “Curtain” is an apt title for this Poirot mystery, as it is his last case. ![]()
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