Hercule Poirot

The Belgian detective at work across the world between the wars: Carnival in São Paulo, a night train from Madrid, a courtroom in Athens. Order, method, and the little grey cells.

69 stories · every one free to listen to

The Twelfth Stroke

Bologna, a grey Sunday morning in November 1920: a city that seems built for beauty and conspiracy at once.

1 hr 6 minNo. 125

The Second Revolver

Athens, 1932. Three thousand people crowd outside the Criminal Court to watch four accused people fight for their lives: a beautiful young…

1 hr 7 minNo. 121

The River Room

On a fog-bound November evening, Clara Merton comes to Poirot with a death no one considers unusual. Her elderly father has died in St…

1 hr 29 minNo. 113

Cover illustration for The Prince Who Was Late

Calcutta, in the breathless heat of the hot season: a celebrated detective and his loyal companion have come east at the invitation of Sir Lionel, only to be handed a case no English court was built to settle — a man has come back from the dead.

1 hr 14 minNo. 111

The Cat, the Mouse, and the Madonna

Venice: a city of bridges, bells, damp palaces, and secrets that travel more easily by gondola than by foot.

1 hr 15 minNo. 107

The Lady Who Was Mislaid

London, a wet March morning: Sir Malcolm Strathcarron arrives at a celebrated detective's door not grief-stricken but merely annoyed — his wife, he complains, has "removed herself from his house without permission.

1 hr 15 minNo. 106

The Last King of Cairo

Cairo, spring 1937: jasmine, dust, and intrigue hang over a city where the young men in the cafés no longer lower their voices when the King's name is spoken.

1 hr 21 minNo. 102

The Russian Scandal

London, a raw February morning. The Belgian Detective receives an anonymous letter on thick, foreign, violet-scented paper: if he values…

1 hr 13 minNo. 100

The Clairvoyant's Hour

1 hr 3 minNo. 96

The Star in the Castle

Dublin, November 1925: a frightened letter summons the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion across the Irish Sea to Dublin Castle…

1 hr 14 minNo. 94

The Dinner Party Murder — Part 2

The storm has not lifted, the guests have not moved, and the Belgian Detective is ready to explain precisely how a dinner became a death…

1 hr 20 minNo. 92

The Dinner Party Murder — Part 1

London, March 1937: an engraved card summons the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion to Harrow Hall in Mayfair — the marble palace…

1 hr 10 minNo. 91

The Sandhills Bride

Pinehurst, North Carolina: pine trees, sand roads, golf courses, and a polished American resort where money attempts not to look vulgar…

1 hr 20 minNo. 89

The Last Pre-Raphaelites

London, 1930: a great retrospective is about to open at the Tate celebrating the forgotten women of English art — painters, enamellists…

1 hr 3 minNo. 87

The Shot at Godshill

Isle of Wight, 1940: the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion answer a desperate letter from a frightened woman at a quiet farm near…

1 hr 14 minNo. 83

The Black Road of Ghent

Ghent, 1919: the war is over but the killing has not stopped — in the countryside around Ghent and Bruges farms are raided, homes broken…

1 hr 7 minNo. 82

The Well at Nassau

Nassau, where a beautiful place receives you with its most deceptive politeness. A celebrated detective has been ordered by his doctor to rest — sea air, warmth, and an absence of mental exertion — and his loyal companion is quite certain that murder, like influenza, is discouraged by sunshine.

1 hr 6 minNo. 80

The Undertaker's Holiday

A broken-down coach, a crooked country inn, and a dead man upstairs clutching a card that reads ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD — when a motor…

1 hr 3 minNo. 79

The Newlywed's Shadow (Extended Edition)

London, 1936: a young woman stands in the dock at the Old Bailey accused of poisoning her husband with arsenic — Lady Beatrice Langston…

2 hr 47 minNo. 77

The Bomb at the Marché Central

Casablanca, 1930: a bomb explodes in the Marché Central among stalls of oranges, spices, and crowds of French officers, Moroccan…

1 hr 2 minNo. 76

The Sleeping Beauty

Switzerland, 1930s: the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion arrive at the Grand Hôtel Aurora above Lake Geneva for a restful holiday…

1 hr 22 minNo. 74

Poirot and the Voice in the Wall

North London: the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion answer a desperate letter from a widow at 19 Marlowe Terrace, a drab narrow…

1 hr 17 minNo. 72

Poirot and the Violet Heiress

New York, 1920s. A shipping magnate's daughter is seized from her Fifth Avenue mansion by masked men claiming to be political radicals. A…

1 hr 23 minNo. 69

The Vatican Disappearance

Rome, June 1930s: when fifteen-year-old Caterina Bernardi — dutiful, devout, and entirely without enemies — vanishes after her flute…

1 hr 29 minNo. 66

The Portrait at Blackthorn House

Surrey, England, 1934: when celebrated portrait painter Lucien Vidal is found dead in the locked studio of Blackthorn House — his latest…

1 hr 52 minNo. 63

The Blue Drawing-Room

Tehran, 1934: a world-famous American heiress is found strangled in an elegant blue drawing-room after a private quarrel with the heir to…

1 hr 17 minNo. 62

The Stolen Memorandum

London, winter: a confidential War Office memorandum vanishes from a locked dispatch case and Captain Paul Lévy becomes the “convenient”…

1 hr 11 minNo. 60

The Name Beneath the Legend

London, 1932: Inspector Japp brings the Yard’s most notorious “criminal lovers” into custody—handsome Leonard Jones and the dark-eyed girl…

1 hr 26 minNo. 59

The House at Greylake

Norfolk, early autumn: at Greylake, a wealthy patriarch is found stabbed in a lakeside “Chinese Room,” the weapon taken from his own…

1 hr 40 minNo. 57

The Letter from the Dead

England, early 1930s: when a precise, chilling letter reaches the Belgian Detective seven days after its sender’s death, he and his loyal…

1 hr 29 minNo. 56

The Man Who Dreamed Another Man’s Crime

Copenhagen, 1932: a timid bank clerk walks into a branch office with a revolver, leaves two men dead, and insists “he told me I must,”…

1 hr 23 minNo. 54

The Woman of Bucks Road

Isle of Man, 1914: a solitary widow is found murdered in her modest house at No. 40 Bucks Road, Douglas, and the town rushes to the…

1 hr 47 minNo. 53

The Woman in Black

In the hills above Orsano, an ancient castle broods over a gorge and holds its family like a prison, and when a countess summons the…

1 hr 28 minNo. 51

The Shadow in Lost Man’s Lane

In late autumn 1929, a practical woman’s letter draws the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion to a Sussex village gripped by…

1 hr 23 minNo. 50

The Last Waltz at Schönbrunn

In winter 1928 Vienna, the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion are summoned to Schönbrunn after a count and a young diplomat’s…

1 hr 20 minNo. 48

The Borrowed Diamonds

At a glittering London charity ball, a famed diamond necklace “vanishes” from a patron’s throat without a broken clasp, turning good…

1 hr 25 minNo. 47

The Vanishing of Monsieur d’Aubel

A powerful Belgian financier vanishes from his private aeroplane between England and Brussels, leaving behind only offended…

1 hr 20 minNo. 45

The Bullet in the Bookstall

At a Paris book exhibition, a head of state is shot in daylight and the hall is sealed in a storm of procedure, panic, and “official”…

1 hr 36 minNo. 43

Footsteps Behind the Door

In 1932, a crested letter draws the Belgian Detective and his loyal companion to La Ventana, a vast Uruguayan estancia where a respected…

1 hr 11 minNo. 42

The Tea at Blenheim

On the eve of a lavish engagement celebration at Blenheim, a Duke begs the Belgian Detective to save him from a menace no one will name…

1 hr 44 minNo. 40

The Night the Music Stopped

In early wartime London, a poised woman arrives with a compact mirror hiding a coded warning—“the music will stop once”—and the Belgian…

1 hr 34 minNo. 39

Death on Skerry Bog

A doctor’s “quiet” invitation becomes anything but when two working sisters are shot dead beside turf stacks on Skerry Bog—broad daylight…

1 hr 38 minNo. 37

Death Among the Ruins

On a sun-blasted archaeological dig in Sicily, a night guard is found half-buried in a trench—too new to be history, too deliberate to be…

1 hr 24 minNo. 36

A Respectable Death

On a rain-soaked London afternoon, a grieving sister brings the Belgian Detective a damp household notebook and a claim no one wants to…

1 hr 20 minNo. 34

The Museum of Borrowed Things

An after-hours private viewing at a prestigious London museum is meant to demonstrate order, generosity, and impeccable security—until a…

1 hr 9 minNo. 33

Poirot and The Séance on Sark

Sark is the kind of island that makes escape feel impossible: no motor-cars, narrow lanes, stone walls, and cliff paths where one wrong…

1 hr 9 minNo. 31

Poirot: The Istanbul Ferry Alibi

In Istanbul, where continents stare at each other across the Bosphorus, Poirot boards an ordinary public ferry—crowded benches…

1 hr 15 minNo. 30

Poirot and The Lighthouse Guesthouse

A storm cuts the last crossing. The tide rises like a verdict. And a handful of strangers find themselves stranded overnight on a jagged…

1 hr 15 minNo. 28

Poirot: The Second Death

A foreign prince arrives in London and checks into the Hôtel Beauclair—polished brass, soft carpets, perfect discretion. By morning, he is…

1 hr 46 minNo. 27

Poirot and The Widow’s Ledger

Old English money doesn’t retire into peace. It retires into upholstery. At Wrenham Court, Mrs. Octavia Merrow ruled from a monstrous…

1 hr 21 minNo. 26

Poirot and the Choir of Whispers

Rome is a city that forgives almost anything—so long as it happens quietly. Poirot and Hastings arrive for a restful fortnight, only to be…

1 hr 21 minNo. 24

Poirot and the House That Refused the Dead

Blackthorn Vale is the kind of English country house where superstition wears good manners—and calls itself “tradition.”…

1 hr 4 minNo. 23

POIROT AND THE PERFECT ALIBI

Marleigh Halt is the sort of country station where time doesn’t simply pass—it’s enforced. The station clock hangs over the…

1 hr 4 minNo. 22

Poirot and the Two Crowns

Lisbon, seen from the river, looks like a city built for peace—white hills, red roofs, and the Tagus glittering as if…

1 hr 23 minNo. 20

The Kidnapping of Hercule Poirot

London can turn from civilized to savage without changing its hat. One moment, Hercule Poirot is enjoying a modest lunch…

1 hr 33 minNo. 19

The Cruise Ship Conundrum (Revisited)

The SS Atlantica was built to sell an illusion: elegance, order, and escape. Then the sea starts moving… and so do the lies.…

1 hr 15 minNo. 18

New Year’s Eve in Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo believes it is untouchable—especially on New Year’s Eve. Inside the Casino de Monte-Carlo, scandals bloom on…

45 minNo. 17

The Theft Committed

by Good Manners

Stockholm is a city where winter enforces discipline—and manners enforce silence. When Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings…

45 minNo. 16

Cover illustration for Poirot: The Christmas Eve Silence