Poirot Investigates

I am in the process of finishing Poirot Investigates, by Agatha Christie.  This book is a collection of short mysteries, each one involving the unusual murder of an important person.  Hercule Poirot, a short Belgian detective with a very curly mustache and a small hat, is always called upon to use his almost magic powers of observation and deduction to solve the cases.  Each of the stories are different and each involve very interesting and peculiar characters, whether it is an overweight lady who mysteriously talks with no one and lives by herself outside of town, or a strong young man who is very reluctant to give any information to the police, and threatens to beat them.  Each of the mysteries is also crafted in unbelievable detail, which is really quite incredible as you will see when you read one of them.  The murders are always very creative and make for extremely good stories.  In fact, Christie's mysteries are so well written and so creative I have never been able to successfully guess who the murderer was, even up until the end of the story.  However, Poirot then satisfies me with a logical and sensible explanation as to how he arrived at the culprit, and I am amazed out how much sense it makes to me, and how clever it all is.  I would recommend these stories to anybody, as they are short, to the point, but also very engaging.