Up for some thrill? You haven't read detective fiction until you have read this! Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. This series comprising of 4 volumes is a collection of all the short stories written by Christie with Poirot.