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Edited. I have yet to complete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.27.165.246 ( talk) 15:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The third paragraph from the beginning features three major spoilers:
The book also features Achille Poirot, Hercule's twin brother (later revealed to be Hercule Poirot himself in 'disguise', though this is debated by readers) and Countess Vera Rossakoff, an agent of the Big Four that Poirot has met back when she was a jewel thief. It is implied that the Countess is Poirot's love interest, or at least something so close to that that it makes no difference.
First the revelation of Achille, then his real identity, and also the appearance of Countess Vera. Surely this paragraph is unnecessary? SplinterCell37 ( talk) 13:19, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
In my copy of The Big Four there's no "Meyerling", but "Mayerling". Should I change it? Johnnyjanko ( talk) 13:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
The original twelve stories have been reprinted in their original form in 2016: The Big Four, A Detective Story Club Classic Crime Novel (Harper Collins) [1]
Should this publication be integrated in this page or should it be a new page? Because it is a short story collection I think it will be better to create a new page.
Pitchshifter ( talk) 05:02, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
I see that the original stories were given separate titles - should we have a list of them ?
When it says there were only 11 stories in the US, does that mean that one story wasn't published there ? Or that two of the UK story were published as one in the US ? -- Beardo ( talk) 18:35, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
She's clearly based on Marie Curie (as would have been obvious to readers in 1927)... AnonMoos ( talk) 23:38, 21 March 2023 (UTC)