Books Like Appointment with Death (Poirot)

Read more

Hugh Fraser narrates with a quality of settled authority — he never telegraphs the solution, but every line carries the faint weight of someone who already knows how this ends. At six hours, Christie's plotting has no slack to hide in, and Fraser matches that economy, keeping the atmosphere taut without ever pressing too hard. Every title here comes from the same author, and several are by Fraser in that same measured register — so the texture you're hearing now carries straight across.

10 books for fans of Appointment with Death (Poirot)

  1. 1
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles cover

    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Christie's debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot investigating a poison murder at an English country house. The case that launched a thousand mysteries establishes all the classic whodunit conventions.

    4.00 Goodreads (514.2K ratings)
  2. 2
    Sleeping Murder cover

    Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple • Book 12

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Gwenda's new house triggers terrifying memories of a murder she witnessed as a child, drawing Miss Marple into investigating a decades-old crime that someone will kill to keep buried.

    4.00 Goodreads (53.5K ratings)
  3. 3
    A Pocket Full of Rye cover

    A Pocket Full of Rye

    Miss Marple • Book 6

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Rex Fortescue dies with rye grain in his pocket, launching a nursery-rhyme murder spree that connects blackbirds, parlour maids, and hanging clothes in Christie's most whimsical yet sinister puzzle.

    3.93 Goodreads (54.4K ratings)
  4. 4
    [The Moving Finger] [by: Agatha Christie] cover

    [The Moving Finger] [by: Agatha Christie]

    Miss Marple • Book 3

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Anonymous hate mail drives a peaceful English village to suicide and suspicion until Christie's sharp-eyed sleuth unravels the psychological warfare.

    3.85 Goodreads (59.1K ratings)
  5. 5
    A Caribbean Mystery cover

    A Caribbean Mystery

    Miss Marple • Book 9

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Miss Marple's tropical vacation turns deadly when a fellow guest claims to have photographed a murderer, then winds up dead himself in this perfectly plotted Caribbean mystery.

    3.85 Goodreads (53.4K ratings)
  6. 6
    The Body in the Library cover

    The Body in the Library

    Miss Marple • Book 2

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    When the Bantrys discover a glamorous stranger's corpse in their library, the scandal threatens their reputation until Miss Marple unravels the victim's true identity.

    3.81 Goodreads (130.4K ratings)
  7. 7
    At Bertram's Hotel cover

    At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Miss Marple's London holiday at the perfectly traditional Bertram's Hotel turns sinister when she detects criminal activity behind the impeccable service and old-world charm.

    3.71 Goodreads (47.3K ratings)
  8. 8
    And Then There Were None cover

    And Then There Were None

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Christie's isolated island setting becomes a pressure cooker where ten guests with hidden secrets are systematically eliminated according to a chilling children's rhyme.

    4.27 Goodreads (1.6M ratings)
  9. 9
    Murder on the Orient Express cover

    Murder on the Orient Express

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Trapped by snow on a luxury train, Poirot investigates a murder where every passenger has an alibi and the victim had enemies everywhere.

    4.20 Goodreads (741.3K ratings)
  10. 10
    They Do It with Mirrors cover

    They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple • Book 5

    by Agatha Christie

    More about this pick

    Miss Marple senses trouble at her friend's delinquent rehabilitation center, and her instincts prove right when multiple shootings rock the Victorian mansion's supposed sanctuary.

    3.94 Goodreads (169 ratings)