num_pages: 208
description: The new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st Century. Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, however, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot -- with assistance from Hastings and Inspector Japp -- has to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastophe.
language: English
title: Black Coffee
titlecomplete: Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)
characters: Hercule Poirot, Dr Graham, Arthur Hastings, Barbara Amory, Detective Chief Inspector James Japp, Edward Raynor, Caroline Amory, Tredwell, Detective Constable Johnson, Sir Claud Amory, Dr Carelli, Richard Amory, Lucia Amory
genres: Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 23004
places: Mayfair, London, England, Market Cleve (fictive), Surrey, England
series: Hercule Poirot
publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd