M. HERCULE POIROT (with pictures)

M. HERCULE POIROT is the most celebrated detective created by AGATHA CHRISTIE since SHERLOCK HOLMES. He is a Belgian refugee sheltered by Queen of Eland after 1rst world war , previously he was in Belgian police force .Here is how Hastings first describes Poirot in the novel 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles':

"He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police."

With his little egg shaped head and the passion of order and he can solve any mysterious problems where man from Scotland Yard of London and Suretee of Paris are baffled .He is very proud of his pair of moustaches. he is fond of his patent leather shoes and drinking chocolates . He is far from modest , rather he is a snob.

He lives in a square flat in London . His assistant is colonel Arthur Hastings who is a perfect English gentleman . He first appear in Christie's novel "MYSTERIOUS AFFAIRS IN STYLES" .In this novel author introduced us with her great detective M. Hercule Poirot and Captain Arthur Hastings .Where M. Poirot just came from Belgium and Captain Hastings returned from war , it was found that they known each other previously and there M. Poirot solve a murder case . After that they solve many cases together (may be author taken the detective and assistant model from many of the previous detectives) , gradually poirot became most successful detective and very famous too in his profession .

He also solved many cases without Hastings (Captain Hasting married a beautiful girl and went to West Indies) .M. Poirot's famous cases are "MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN " , "MYSTERY OF ORIENT EXPRESS" , " A B C MURDER" , "PLAYING WITH THE CARDS" , "CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS" , "MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD" , LABORS OF HERCULES " and others. His last case is " THE CURTAIN" which take place in Styles where he first introduced as a detective .