Poirot's Early Cases vs The Fashion in Shrouds: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Poirot's Early Cases Poirot's Early Cases Agatha Christie · 1963 ★★★★☆ 3.9 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

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…

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Cover of The Fashion in Shrouds The Fashion in Shrouds Margery Allingham · 1938 ★★★★☆ 4.1 290 pages · ≈ 5 h 22 m · Challenging

Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Wells is a glamorous actress who exemplifies the 1930s femme fatale. Vain, stupid, and selfish, she attracts men like…

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Poirot's Early CasesThe Fashion in Shrouds
Goodreads 3.9 (17165) —
Hardcover 3.6 (39) 3.7 (7)
Apple Books 4.5 (56) 4.5 (34)

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Poirot's Early CasesThe Fashion in Shrouds
Ratings 17165 34
Editions 63 33
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 15513 —
Reading it now 1538 —
Written reviews 1029 —
Wikipedia attention 8128 711
Pages 304 290

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