Peril at End House vs Poirot's Early Cases: Which Should You Read?
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Peril at End House
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckley. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot quickly takes a…
1 film adaptation
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Poirot's Early Cases
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Peril at End House has the widest readership — 87661 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Peril at End House | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (87661) | 3.9 (17165) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (224) | 3.6 (39) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (240) | 4.5 (56) |
Reception
| Peril at End House | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 87661 | 17165 |
| Editions | 111 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 42034 | 15513 |
| Reading it now | 2744 | 1538 |
| Written reviews | 6533 | 1029 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4533 | 8128 |
| Pages | 279 | 304 |