Read For Free The Murder Of Lady Malvern (Jules Poiret, #2) Written By Frank Howell Evans Issued As Hardbound

am loving these books by Frank Howell Evans, As a fan of Agatha Christie foryears, I feel like I am reading her first books, Loved this one too. Before there were Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings, there were Jules Poiret and Captain Haven, Monsieur Poiret was a retired French police detective, He was short and rather plump with a military mustache he was an immaculate dresser, a stickler for neatness, and rather egotistical, He used his "world class intellect" to solve crimes that escaped others' solution, It is quite obvious that Agatha Christie patterned much of Poirot after Poiret, although Christie's character was much more a "real" person than Frank Howell Evans' Poiret in my opinion.


The Murder of Lady Malvern is a quick, fun read that contains the requisite red herrings and misdirections, It had me guessing to the very end as to the identity of the murderer of Poiret's friend, Lady Malvern,

This was the second of the Jules Poiret series, I plan on soon reading the first, Peril, and then continuing my reading with as many of the rest of the ten Poiret books as I can find.
Famous detective Jules Poiret and his friend Captain Haven are invited to the birthday party of Lady Malvern, Poiret's joy of seeing his old friend again is short lived when Lady Malvern is murdered, Poiret takes this murder to heart and vows revenge,

According to Wikipedia, Jules Poiret was inspired by Sherlock Holmes and in turn inspired Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Created inby writer Frank Howel Evans, Jules Poiret is one of the grandfathers of the British detective genre,

An exBBC researcher, Margaret Osoba, has now, in the centenary

year, come up with the theory that Agatha Christie stole her character from a turn of the century thriller writer, Frank Howel Evans.
Inwhen Agatha wasand had begun to write, Evans published a story about a detective named Poiret with much of Poirot's mannerisms and speech patterns.


A full listing of Frank's writings has been given by Mrs Margaret Osoba in her article, 'The Strange Case of Monsieur Poiret', in the Junenumber of the Book and Magazine Collector No. pagesto. It is a significant article well worth referring to, as is Mrs Osoba's earlier biography of Frank in the Apriledition of Country Quest Vol.
:No., pp.: 'Old Pawray the roots of a detective', In these articles, Mrs Osoba argues that Agatha Christie must have got her idea for 'M, Poirot' from Frank's 'M. Poiret' in the New Magazine,, and the title for her 'Mouse Trap' from his book, 'Murder Trap', Frank's major contribution to magazines came in Union JackSexton Blake stories, in Penny Popularand in Champion, Under the nomdeplume of 'Crutchley Payne' he contributed to Chumand, early on, using the penname of Atherley Daunt', wrote a number of stories for the stage.
These reflected his acting experience, TheChristmas Double number of Answers summed up Frank's career to that point in time: 'Mr Evans is one of Answers' most valued contributors.
A large proportion of the humorous illustrated articles, which are so popular a feature of this journal, are from his pen, His first profession was the stage but, after many and varied experiences, he turned to journalism, in which calling, after the usual early struggle for recognition, he has met with much success, and may be considered one of the leading humorists of the day'.
Frank's books, mostly crime fiction, were written betweenand, His A Girl Aloneand The Murder Clubboth had American editions, as had his play, The Wrong Side of the Road, .