English mystery writer Agatha Christie is treasured for
the detective stories that got her dubbed the "queen of
crime."
Waxed mustache and all, Hercule Poirot, the professional
sleuth who appears in more than 30 of her books, is considered
one of the most enduring characters in fiction.
He is remembered as the egotistical Belgian detective who
solved multifaceted cases with the help of his "little grey
cells"; he is also an amusing source of useful quotations.
In one of his meticulous investigations, Poirot tells his
sidekick, "There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who
has something to hide as conversation! A human being,
Hastings, cannot resist the opportunity to reveal himself
and express his personality which conversation gives him.
Every time he will give himself away."
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