Curtain: Poirot last case

The final novel in the legendary Hercule Poirot series, bringing the career of the most famous detective in world literature to its close.

After the end of his brilliant crime-fighting career, Hercule Poirot and his loyal friend Captain Hastings return to where it all began — Styles, the country house where, many years earlier, they solved their first murder together. Much time has passed since then: Poirot is worn down by arthritis, and his once razor-sharp mind seems to be beginning to fail. Yet the legendary Belgian’s detective skills have not lost any of their edge. When Poirot unexpectedly accuses one of the house guests of committing five murders, Hastings trusts his friend’s judgment without hesitation — even as others begin to see the old detective as simply insane. At first glance, the minor and seemingly unrelated events unfolding in the familiar estate gradually come together into a disturbing picture of hidden evil.