{"product_id":"closed-casket-the-new-hercule-poirot-mystery-isbn-9780062458827","title":"Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world's most famous detective returns in this ingenious, stylish, and altogether delicious mystery from the author of the instant bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e (\"I was thrilled\" -- Gillian Flynn).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAddictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, \u003cem\u003eClosed Casket \u003c\/em\u003eis a triumph from the author whose work is \"as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie\" (Alexander McCall Smith, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgatha 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. She died in 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Perfect...a pure treat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTana French\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Terrific.... uncanny. As Hercule Poirot himself would say, ‘Bravo, Madame Hannah. Bravo.’ ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sophie Hannah’s idea for a plot line was so compelling and her passion for my grandmother’s work so strong, that we felt that the time was right for a new Christie to be written.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir Safety Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eClassic Christie\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Captures the essence of the originals without being a slavish imitation . . . Clues emerge, but the case remains perplexing. \u003cb\u003eChristie aficionados will delight in the familiar repartee and the intricate deduction of the solution\u003c\/b\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging…I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands. Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTana French, New York Times betselling author of The Secret Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sophie Hannah’s \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e does Christie proud. 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