Closed Casket
The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
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Narrated by:
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
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By:
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Sophie Hannah
About this listen
Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can be solved only by the eponymous Belgian detective and his 'little grey cells'.
'What I intend to say to you will come as a shock....'
Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live....
Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited...until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke in the presence of a possible killer?
When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot's best efforts to stop it, and the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit and solve the mystery?
Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a coordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully authorised Poirot novel. The new audiobook marks the centenary of the creation of Christie's world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
©2016 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2016 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
Good but not Christie
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Great narrator
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Dragged on for a bit
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too much whispering
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes I would because it is the next installment in the series that I really enjoy, however, this installment was less enjoyable than previous title by this author.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting aspect was the number of characters, however, this meant that the author had to justify their inclusion which sometimes made the story hard to follow.What does Julian Rhind-Tutt bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Julian Rhind-Tutt brings an authentic sounding accent and style to the story and in my views the perfect narrator for this role. Sounds exactly how the characters should sound by the way the author has described them.Do you think Closed Casket needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Closed Casket will always need a follow up book because it is poirot, however the next installment should be less conveluted and more like the traditional Christie type story that the monogram murders was.Any additional comments?
Would like to see what the next installment will hold for Catchpool as he is a great new character in the mold of captain Hastings, I'm glad to see that this incarnation of side kick gets more credit than the original. Poirot seems less conceipted in this version.Complex story fails to excite
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