Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

Name: Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case
Rating: 4.4 (2451 reviews)

by Agatha Christie Book 39 in the Hercule Poirot series.

First published 1975

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An ageing and physically frail Poirot summons Hastings to Styles, now operating as a guest house, because he believes one resident has repeatedly manipulated other people into committing murder. No single crime provides a straightforward charge, and Poirot must work through Hastings while concealing the full extent of his suspicions.

The return to the setting of their first case gives the investigation the character of a reckoning with the series’ moral assumptions. Christie examines influence, responsibility and the limits of legal proof, forcing Poirot to decide what action remains possible when psychological certainty cannot be converted into admissible evidence.