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Closed Casket

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Buy From Amazon.in Title:  Closed Casket Author: Sophie Hannah Genre: Fiction, Murder mystery Pages: 320 Publisher: William Morrow ISBN-13:  978-0062458827 Rating: 3.6/5 Closed Casket  is the latest Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah. I wasn't impressed by the first book by the same author, The Monogram Murders , but had hopes for this one. To the review then, shall we? Lady Athelinda Playford, a popular children's mystery writer, is hosting a party and Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are invited. Lady Playford doesn't give any reason for inviting a detective and an inspector to her house but when she makes the announcement of her new will at the dining table, Poirot is confused and his grey cells, agile. Lady Playford has changed her will to leave everything she owns to Joseph Scotcher, her secretary, who has only a few weeks to live. Her children are to get absolutely nothing. The mystery further causes confusion when Joseph is bruta...

New Poirot Book From Sophie Hannah

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The latest Poirot book by Sophie Hannah will be out on 6 September 2016. Although I was a little disappointed with Hannah's previous book, Monogram Murders , I am all in for her new one. It is titled Closed Casket and you can pre order it from Amazon.in  here . I really hope this new book brings our beloved Poirot back on the bookshelves!

The Monogram Murders

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Buy From Amazon.in Title:  The Monogram Murders Author: Sophie Hannah Genre: Fiction, Murder, Mystery Pages: 372 Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN-13 :  978-0008101244 Rating: 3/5 Out in 2014 apparently, I found this book now, two years later, while browsing through a book store. I had decided to buy just two books that day and, well, one of them had to be Poirot! It is a new Poirot tale by Sophie Hannah. So, here goes. Hercule Poirot is enjoying his meal in a coffee house when a woman rushes in. She seems agitated and tells him that someone is out to kill her and that when it is done, justice would be served. Puzzled and curious, Hercule Poirot makes up his mind to help Jennie. The next day, Poirot learns of the monogram murders  in a plush hotel in the city. He gets there with Inspector Catchpool to find three murders in three different rooms of the hotel. Each body is laid out perfectly with a monogrammed cuff link in each of the victim's mouth. As P...