The Last Death of the Year

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What to expect

The new Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah, follow-up to the bestselling Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night.

New Year's Eve, 1932.

Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday…or is it?

Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there — one he won't reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive guessing game takes a sinister turn, can Poirot stop a murderer who is determined to strike before midnight?

Critics Review

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“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.”

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— Sunday Telegraph

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“I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.”

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— Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl

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“Does Sophie Hannah’s Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so … Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.”

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— Alexander McCall Smith

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“Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”

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— The Scotsman

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User Reviews

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Narration 4.0
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While really enjoying the return of the greatest detective in fiction, Sophie Hannah can never capture the sometimes wrongly maligned "simplicity" of the writing of the grande dame of the art of the whodunit, the peerless Dame Agatha Christie. Simplicity, or the appearance of simplicity, is the genius of Christie: a genius that no one has come near to matching. Hannah employs too much exposition through the musings of Inspector Edward Catchpool which comes dangerously close to sidelining the star of the show, Hercule Poirot. And while the revealed plot is serpentine to the point of becoming a left-handed corkscrew (try using it right-handed to open a wine bottle and you'll understand what l mean) l still very much enjoyed the book because even a second-hand Poirot is always worth spending time with. Tutt is mostly excellent as narrator but his female characterisations are not always as clearly drawn as the need to be.
Thomas Reilly 01/11/2025

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