Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

Beschreibung

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. It’s December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday, when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edward’s mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while he solves the case. As Poirot digs into the mystery, he discovers that the murdered man was a retired post office master, and by all accounts very well-liked. The local constabulary’s investigation failed to uncover how someone could have entered a hospital room and killed him under the noses of the staff. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital, and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why. With no obvious motive or suspect, Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else—someone utterly ruthless—also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot…

Autor

Sophie Hannah is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 51 countries and adapted for television, as well as The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie, and its sequels  Closed Casket, The Mystery of Three Quarters, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, and Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. Sophie is also the author of a self-help book, How to Hold a Grudge, and hosts the podcast of the same name. She lives in Cambridge, UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 133mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9780062991645
• ISBN-10: 0062991647
• Artikelnr.: 69835276

Rezensionen

'Fiendishly plotted, this is a triumphant festive treat'

-Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday

'Sophie Hannah's latest case for Agatha Christie's Belgian detective is a dark psychological thriller with an ingenious resolution and it certainly takes the kitsch out of Christmas.

-Daily Record

'If you want a Christie for Christmas, you couldn't do better than this.'

-Alex Michaelides

'Close enough to Christie's own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this without a stumble.'

-New York Journal of Books

'Infused with such love and energy ... Poirot is exactly as Christie created him, with a vitality

that recalls her very best novels.'

-Daily Telegraph

"Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans."

-Tana French

'A magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot's famous little grey cells.'

-Daily Mail

"What Sophie and Agatha have in common is a rare talent for fiendish unpredictability: they make you see how the impossible might be possible after all."

- Sunday Telegraph

"The latest in Sophie Hannah's series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie's beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot's famous little grey cells."

- Daily Mail

"I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands."

- Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl

"Does Sophie Hannah's Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so ... Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back."

- Alexander McCall Smith

"Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie's heir."

- The Scotsman