Poirot: The French Collection by Agatha Christie

Book Summary

A brand new three-in-one Poirot omnibus, featuring the world-renowned detective’s adventures in France. Includes Murder on the Links, Mystery of The Blue Train and Death in The Clouds.

It seems Hercule Poirot can never escape murder. Crimes, motives and killers followed him across the Orient and now they have found him again – but this time much closer to home…

MURDER ON THE LINKS
An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.
But whay is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse…

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her priceless rubies are missing.
The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer…

DEATH IN THE CLOUDS
From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.
What Poirot did not yet realise was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

About the Author: 

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890–1976) is celebrated as the Queen of Crime, with over 60 detective novels, 150+ short stories, and iconic detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is the best-selling fiction author in history, with over two billion copies sold and translations into more than 100 languages. Christie's plotting brilliance—twist endings, engaging ensemble casts, closed‑circle settings—redefined mystery writing, and her works remain beloved and widely adapted. She was made a Dame Commander in 1971 for her literary achievements.