The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot - the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and currently The Haunting in Venice - returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in 1930's London.

'Murder! Me? How dare you!'

Hercule Poirot's tranquil afternoon is ruined when an angry woman accosts him outside his front door. She threatens to report the famous detective to Scotland Yard for falsely accusing her of murder. Seeking sanctuary inside, Poirot is startled to find that he has a visitor - another stranger claiming to have received a letter from Poirot accusing him of killing the same man.

How many more innocent people have been sent letters? If Poirot didn't send them, who did? And who is Barnabas Pandy, the alleged victim - is he dead or alive? Poirot has answers to find, and quickly, or more lives may be put in danger...

About the Author

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of crime fiction, published in more than 50 languages. Her novel The Carrier won Crime Thriller of the Year at the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards. She lives in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, and as a poet has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. Sophie was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2023.
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 more than a hundred foreign languages. Her phenomenal career spanned six decades, until her death in 1976.

Reviews

'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

'A literary marriage made in heaven!'
THE TIMES

'Sophie does justice to the Belgian brainiac, both in terms of bringing his character to life and giving him a mystery to solve that is worthy of his talents. It's her best Poirot novel so far.'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

Book Information
ISBN 9780008264482
Author Sophie Hannah
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm