Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Sep. 1947

US

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1947

Plot

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet - reasoned the detective - like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.
So, in the period before he retired, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed 'Labours'. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

Films & TV

The Labours of Hercules, ITV/UK, 2013

Agahta Christie's POIROT XIII

short stories

The Nemean Lion

The Strand Magazine, November 1939
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Kidnaped Pekinese', Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep. 1944
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Nemean Lion'
a.k.a. 'The Kidnaped Pekinese'

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Augustus • Captain Curtis • Amy Carnaby • Emily Carnaby • Thomas Carnaby • Miss Ellen Keble • Mrs. Samuelson • Jacob Samuelson • Shan Tung • Nanki Poo • Lady Julia Hartingfield • Mrs.Harte • Commander Blackleigh • Sir Joseph Hoggin • Lady (Milly) Hoggin • Miss Maltravers • Greta • Miss Lemon • George

The Lernean Hydra

Strand Magazine, Dec. 1939
a.k.a. 'The Invisible Enemy', This Week, Sep.3 1939
a.k.a. 'The Hydra of Lernea'
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Gossipers'

The Arcadian Deer

Strand Magazine, Jan. 1940
a.k.a. 'Vanishing Lady', This Week, May.19 1940

The Erymanthian Boar

The Strand Magazine, February 1940
a.k.a. 'Murder Mountain', This Week, May.5 1940
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Erymanthian Boar'

The Augean Stables

Strand Magazine, Mar. 1940

The Stymphalean Birds

Strand Magazine, Apr. 1940
a.k.a. 'The Vulture Women', This Week, Sep.17 1939
a.k.a. 'Birds of Ill Omen'
a.k.a. 'The Case of The Vulture Women'

The Cretan Bull

The Strand, May. 1940
a.k.a. 'Midnight Madness', This Week, September 24 1939
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Family Taint'

The Horses of Diomedes

Strand Magazine, Jun. 1940
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Drug Peddler', Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan. 1945

The Girdle of Hippolyta

Strand Magazine, Jul. 1940
a.k.a. 'The Disappearance of Winnie King', This Week, Sep.10 1939
a.k.a. 'The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl'

The Flock of Geryon

Strand Magazine, Aug. 1940
a.k.a. 'Weird Monster', This Week, May.26 1940

The Apples of the Hesperides

Strand Magazine, Sep. 1940
a.k.a. 'The Poison Cup', This Week, May.12 1940

The Caputure of Cerberus

a.k.a. 'Meet Me in Hell', This Week, March 16 1947
a.k.a. 'Case of the Capture of Cerberus'
a.k.a. 'Hercule Poirot in Hell'