Closed Casket (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Softcover

Hannah Internationally Bestselling Author Of Crime Fiction, Sophie; Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062458833 ISBN 13: 9780062458834

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2017

Synopsis

The world's most famous detective - and Agatha Christie's most famous creation - returns in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders a diabolically clever mystery soaked in period atmosphere and loaded with clues, suspense, and danger.

Praise for the New York Times bestseller THE MONOGRAM MURDERS:

"I was thrilled to see Hercule Poirot in such very, very good hands." -Gillian Flynn

"Perfect . . . a pure treat." -Tana French

"As tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie." -Alexander McCall Smith

"Terrific . . . uncanny. Bravo!" -The Boston Globe

"Sharply written and rigorously plotted, this Poirot mystery rivals many of Christie's own." -NPR

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Review:

"Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging...I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands. Reading The Monogram Murders was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home."--Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

"Sophie Hannah's The Monogram Murders does Christie proud. Our favorite detective is back and in impeccable form!"--Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling author of An Unwilling Accomplice

"Sophie Hannah's idea for a plot line was so compelling and her passion for my grandmother's work so strong, that we felt that the time was right for a new Christie to be written."--Mathew Prichard, grandson of Agatha Christie

"Classic Christie . . . Captures the essence of the originals without being a slavish imitation . . . Clues emerge, but the case remains perplexing. Christie aficionados will delight in the familiar repartee and the intricate deduction of the solution."--Washington Post

"Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans."--Tana French, New York Times betselling author of The Secret Place

"Sophie Hannah is a prodigious talent. I can't wait to see what she does next."--Laura Lippman

From the Back Cover:

"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . ."

With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to an invalid who has only weeks to live. Among Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited--until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why--when the crime is committed, despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it--does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062458833
• ISBN 13: 9780062458834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320