Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery (A New Hercule Poirot Mystery)

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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.CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS?It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. 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.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 …Sophie Hannah, the Sunday Times bestselling author, brings to life a traditional detective fiction that is both cosy and thrilling. Hercule Poirot's suspenseful journey is undoubtedly one of the best.For fans of Anthony Horowitz (Marble Hall Murders), Richard Osman (We Solve Murders), Charlie Donlea (Those Empty Eyes), Elly Griffiths (The Last Remains), and Tana French (The Trespasser).HarperCollins 2023 Show more