Wasp’s Nest by Agatha Christie- Summary The story Wasp’s Nest by Agatha Christie is a short detective story featuring Hercule Poirot , a brilliant Belgian detective known for solving the most puzzling cases. In this story, Poirot does something unusual: he solves a crime before it actually happens. The story takes place in a quiet English village and begins with Poirot visiting a man named John Harrison. Poirot says it’s a casual visit, but it soon becomes clear that he has a very serious reason for being there. John Harrison is a lonely man who lives alone in a nice house with a garden. He seems polite and calm, but Poirot has learned that something is not quite right . A large wasp’s nest hangs in the garden, and Harrison says that he plans to destroy it himself using poison. The wasp’s nest seems harmless at first , just a part of the garden, but it becomes an important symbol of the danger hiding in this quiet place. As the two men talk, Po...