Closed Casket: A New Hercule Poirot Mystery Contributor(s): Hannah, Sophie (Author), Christie, Agatha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062496662 ISBN-13: 9780062496669 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 464 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: "What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . ." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford--one of the world's most beloved children's authors--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 someone else: 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? Addictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, Closed Casket is a triumph from an author whose work is "as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie" (Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times Book Review, on The Monogram Murders) |
Contributor Bio(s): Hannah, Sophie: - 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. Christie, Agatha: -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, after a prolific career spanning six decades. |