Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
The Adventure of 'The Western Star' is a short story written by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in April 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in February 1924. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
The Lost Mine is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in November 1923 in the U.K. In the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine also in April 1925. The story was gathered and included in the U.S. edition of the collection Poirot Investigates published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1925. In the U.K., the story was not anthologized until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in October 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in December 1924 as "The Italian Nobleman". In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
The Double Clue is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in December 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in August 1925. It was later gathered as part of the anthology Double Sin and Other Stories published in 1961 by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. In the U.K. the story was not anthologised until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974. It is the first appearance of the recurrent character Countess Vera Rossakoff.
The Case of the Missing Will is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in 1923 in the U.K. It the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine in 1925. The story was gathered and included in the collection Poirot Investigates, published by Bodley Head in 1924 in the U,K, and Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1925. It is one of the early Poirot stories.