The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947 as The Labors of Hercules, and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year with the original title. It features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and gives an account of twelve cases with which he intends to close his career as a private detective.
• The Nemean Lion - first published in Strand Magazine, November 1939
• The Lernaean Hydra - first published under the title "Invisible Enemy" in This Week, 3 September 1939
• The Arcadian Deer - first published in Strand Magazine January 1940
• The Erymanthian Boar - first published in Strand Magazine, February 1940
• The Augean Stables - first published in Strand Magazine, March 1940
• The Stymphalean Birds - first published under the title "The Vulture Women" in This Week, 17 September 1939
• The Cretan Bull - first published under the title "Midnight Madness" in This Week, 24 September 1939
• The Horses of Diomedes - first published in Strand Magazine, June 1940
• The Girdle of Hippolyta - first published under the title "The Disappearance of Winnie King" in This Week, 10 September 1939
• The Flock of Geryon - first published under the title "Weird Monster" in This Week, 26 May 1940
• The Apples of Hesperides - first published under the title "The Poison Cup" in This Week, 12 May 1940
• The Capture of Cerberus - first published under the title "Meet Me in Hell" in This Week, 16 March 1947
