Closed Casket: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Softcover

Hannah, Sophie; Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062458833 ISBN 13: 9780062458834

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 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

About this title

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 the Author:

Sophie Hannah is the New York Times-bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 49 countries and adapted for television. She also wrote The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie, and its sequels Closed Casket and The Mystery of Three Quarters.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976.

About this edition

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