The 18 stories in this collection span the career of Hercule Poirot and they have all been drawn from earlier short story collections of the famed and peculiar detective Poirot. With each case, Poirot further proves his reputation as the greatest mind in detective fiction. In "The Plymouth Express," the body of the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist is found stuffed under a train seat. "Problem at Sea" finds a disliked rich woman murdered in a locked room on a ship. "The King of Clubs" involves a prince, his dancer fiancée, and a fiendish bit of blackmail. Description in Spanish: Un compendio de diecisiete relatos de las aventuras del famoso y peculiar detective belga. Desde "La caja de bombones" con un Poirot todavía residente en Bélgica, "El misterioso caso de Styles" pasando por un círculo de narraciones de la primera etapa londinense hasta otros casos de época posterior, cuando ya famoso, dispone de la eficiente y perfeccionista secretaria, Miss Lemon.
