Editing Detective fiction (section)

===Hercule Poirot===
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Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian private detective, created by [[Agatha Christie]]. As one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, Poirot appeared in 33 novels, one play ([[Black Coffee (play)|''Black Coffee'']]), and more than 50 short stories, published between 1920 and 1975. Hercule Poirot first appeared in ''[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]],'' published in 1920, and died in [[Curtain (novel)|''Curtain'']], published in 1975, which is Agatha Christie's last work. On August 6, 1975, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published the obituary of Poirot's death with the cover of the newly published novel on their front page.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412131601/http://uk.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-04-12|title=Agatha Christie: Characters – Poirot|date=2010-04-12|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/06/archives/hercule-poirot-is-dead-famed-belgian-detective-hercule-poirot-the.html|title=Hercule Poirot Is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective|last=Lask|first=Thomas|date=1975-08-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112341/http://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/06/archives/hercule-poirot-is-dead-famed-belgian-detective-hercule-poirot-the.html|url-status=live}}</ref>