{"product_id":"labours-of-hercules-9780007527595","title":"Labours of Hercules","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoirot sets himself a challenge before he retires  to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesakeIn appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet  reasoned the detective  like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed Labours'. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Twelve little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best’\u003cbr\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘I have often thought that Mrs Christie was not so much the best as the only living writer of the true of classic detective story’\u003cbr\u003eMargery Allingham\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A finely shaped book, richly devious and quite brilliant – by far the best volume of Poirot shorts’\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399400038743,"sku":"9780007527595","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780007527595.jpg?v=1730467435","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/labours-of-hercules-9780007527595","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}