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It was written as the final case for Hercule Poirot, but Agatha Christie held back the publication until after WWII, out of fear of dying during the bombing of Britain. It was published in the 70s, with the New York Times running a front-page obituary for Poirot when it was released.
One is called Curtain. That's Poirot's final book.
— Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mys...
Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
It was written as the final case for Hercule Poirot, but Agatha Christie held back the publication until after WWII, out of fear of dying during the bombing of Britain. It was published in the 70s, with the New York Times running a front-page obituary for Poirot when it was released.
One is called Curtain. That's Poirot's final book.
And the other is Sleeping Murder. That is Marple's final case.
the New York Times ran a front page obituary for him, the only fictional character to have that honor bestowed on them.
Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
This is the final Hercule Poirot novel, written early in Christie's career but published posthumously.
One is called Curtain. That's Poirot's final book.
Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
Josh Clark mentioned that Agatha Christie wrote this book as a final case for Hercule Poirot before she survived World War II, but had it published posthumously in the 1970s, and that the book ends with Poirot's death.
One is called Curtain. That's Poirot's final book.
But when she survived World War Two, she was like, well, I don't I'm not ready for these guys to be retired yet. So she kept those books and had them posthumously published. And they were in the 70s.
And when Hercule Poirot's last book came out and he died, the New York Times ran a front page obituary for him, the only fictional character to have that honor bestowed on them.