The Labours of HerculesThe Labours of Hercules presents an intriguing challenge as Poirot sets himself a task before his retirement: to solve 12 cases that correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake. In 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. Thus, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot