I have only read one Poirot novel, and I do hope to get through the entire collection – a sort of bucket list option, as it were. Suchet was a part of my television watching for as long as I can remember.

It was interesting to read his account of this huge televisual achievement, although Suchet’s dry, repetitious style can be grating, which is superbly ironic given that his speaking voice is mellifluous and calming. There are a few interesting anecdotes and some points I hadn’t known before, but there’s little exciting or revelatory about the work for someone already familiar with the character.