Synopses & Reviews
"Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging. Reading
The Monogram Murders was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home" -
Gillian Flynn, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Gone Girl"Perfect... a pure treat." -Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Place
"As tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie. The Monogram Murders has a life and freshness of its own. Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back." -The New York Times Book Review
"Christie herself, some might say, could do no better . . . . Enough twists, turns, revelations and suspects to cook up a most satisfying red-herring stew. Literary magic." -The Washington Post
"Terrific . . . . uncanny. As Hercule Poirot himself would say, 'Bravo, Madame Hannah. Bravo.' " -The Boston Globe
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christies books have been sold around the globe. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agathas most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot.
‘Im a dead woman, or I shall be soon…
Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified - but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.
Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a fashionable London Hotel have been murdered, and a cufflink has been placed in each ones mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim...
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“Perfect...a pure treat.” Tana French, New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret Place
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“Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging…I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands. Reading The Monogram Murders was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home.” Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
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“Sophie Hannahs The Monogram Murders does Christie proud. Our favorite detective is back and in impeccable form!” Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling author of An Unwilling Accomplice
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“Sophie Hannah is a prodigious talent. I cant wait to see what she does next.” Laura Lippman
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“Hannah, who understands psychological mayhem as well as Ruth Rendell and maybe even Sigmund Freud, is best read with a crisis counselor on speed-dial. The tight plotting and excruciatingly precise clues make for a superlatively uneasy read.” Kirkus Reviews
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“Sophie Hannahs idea for a plot line was so compelling and her passion for my grandmothers work so strong, that we felt that the time was right for a new Christie to be written.” Mathew Prichard, grandson of Agatha Christie
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“Does Sophie Hannahs Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so.... As tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie. The Monogram Murders has a life and freshness of its own. Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.” Alexander McCall Smith, < i=""> New York Times <> bestselling author of < i=""> The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency <>
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“Sophie Hannah does an egoless, silky job of reviving Agatha Christies beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot...enough so to hope that Hannah turns to Miss Marple next.” USA Today
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“Literary magic...The stew is richly seasoned with Christies iconic plot devices...Id challenge any Christie-phile to find differences between her distinctive writing style and Hannahs mirroring of it...Its great to have the illustrious Poirot back on the case.” Washington Post
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“Sharply written and rigorously plotted, this Poirot mystery rivals many of Christies own.” NPR
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“Terrific.... uncanny. As Hercule Poirot himself would say, ‘Bravo, Madame Hannah. Bravo. ” Boston Globe
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“Christie herself, some might say, could do no better.... Enough twists, turns, revelations and suspects to cook up a most satisfying red-herring stew. Literary magic.” Washington Post
Synopsis
Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christie's books have been sold around the globe. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand-new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot.
Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah breathes new life into the incomparable detective. In this thrilling tale, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London—a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills and baffle and delight longtime Christie fans and new generations of readers discovering him for the first time. Authorized by Christie's family, and featuring the most iconic detective of all time, this instant Christie classic is sure to be celebrated by mystery lovers the world over.
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The bestselling novelist of all time.The worlds most famous detective.
The literary event of the year—an all-new mystery featuring
Agatha Christies legendary hero Hercule Poirot.
Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christies books have been sold around the globe. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agathas most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot.
‘Im a dead woman, or I shall be soon…
Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified - but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.
Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a fashionable London Hotel have been murdered, and a cufflink has been placed in each ones mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim...
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Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah breathes new life into the incomparable detective. In this thrilling tale, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London—a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills and baffle and delight longtime Christie fans and new generations of readers discovering him for the first time. Authorized by Christies family, and featuring the most iconic detective of all time, this instant Christie classic is sure to be celebrated by mystery lovers the world over.
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. Sophie Hannah is the internationally bestselling author of nine psychological thrillers, which have been published in more than 20 countries and adapted for television. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and as a poet has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.