Still, Poirot himself, bumbling Captain Hastings, and obsequious George are all in good form and it is amusing to find them engaged in another adventure, with an interesting assortment of possible murderers, blackmailers, and innocent (if suspicious) bystanders. Christie loyalists will welcome and applaud his dedication to the original, but it does seem as though he could have given it a bit more flair. The story was first produced in 1930, and Charles Osborne has done little to it except string the dialogue and stage directions together in paragraph form.
Subtitled A Hercule Poirot Novel, Black Coffee is actually an Agatha Christie play recrafted as a book meant to be read rather than seen on the stage.
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