title: The Big Four (Poirot)
author:  Agatha Christie 
description: A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination! Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'.
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  ## The Big Four
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Hercule Poirot - 5 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Agatha Christie
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Agatha Christie
  
  
  
  
  
  ## The Big Four
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## 1\. The Unexpected Quest
  
  
  
  
  
  I have met people who enjoy a channel crossing; men who can sit calmly in
  their deck-chairs and, on arrival, wait until the boat is moored, then gather
  their belongings together without fuss and disembark. Personally, I can never
  manage this. From the moment I get on board I feel that the time is too short
  to settle down to anything.
  
  
  I move my suitcases from one spot to another, and if I go down to the saloon
  for a meal. I bolt my food with an uneasy feeling that the boat may arrive
  unexpectedly whilst I am below. Perhaps all this is merely a legacy from one's
  short leaves in the war, when it seemed a matter of such importance to secure
  a place near the gangway, and to be amongst the first to disembark lest one
  should waste precious minutes of