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The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

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Yazan: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Seslendiren: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved 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 co-ordinated 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 book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie’s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

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‘Sparkling second outing for Hannah's reimagined Poirot. The setting (posh Irish country house), the characters (country lawyers, creepy male secretary, stroppy flapper, etc) and the period vocabulary are all spot on, but it's the utter fiendish unpredictability of the plot that makes Sophie the new Agatha’ Sunday Times
‘An ingenious solution to the mystery of Closed Casket represents another satisfying addition to the Agatha Christie canon’ Irish Times
‘Top-class entertainment’ Woman & Home
‘Closed Casket is deviously plotted, deeply satisfying and does the grande dame of crime proud’ Good Housekeeping
‘A brand new (and fiendishly puzzling) case for Hercule Poirot – seriously, what could be more blissful?’ Saga Magazine
‘This mystery is enormously compulsive – keep ‘em coming! 5 stars’ Heat
‘Christie’s boots as a crime writer are hard to fill, but Hannah achieves it quietly and intelligently with Poirot-sized steps once again in Closed Casket… The whole book will not only delight Agatha Christie devotees but anyone who loves a good, well written murder mystery’ Devon Life
‘A brand new (and fiendishly puzzling) case for Hercule Poirot – seriously, what could be more blissful? … Gorgeous’ SAGA
‘This cunningly executed Christie tribute taps into the current vogue for Golden Age crime with its vintage plot, numerous possible motives and neatly contained setting’ METRO
'a literary marriage made in heaven!’ THE TIMES
‘a novel fizzing with ideas and spikey dialogue’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘an absolute gem for murder mystery fans’ CLOSER
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Character names grated- is Athelinda a real name? Shrimp Seddon? Catchpole would sound better than Catchpool. Scotia? Scoccia? No, Scotcher- but couldn't get Scorch-io! from the Fast Show out of my head, every time it was said.
Not sure what the Irish setting added to the story; not sure what Catchpool brought to it either (even less impact than Hastings). And too much needless Shakespeare.
Suspending disbelief, the motive was a neat contemporary twist on a traditional plot line but the last few chapters did rather repeat themselves to drum it in.
Fairly enjoyable read/listen apart from the names, but like other reviewers I think I may forget it as quickly as The Monogram Murders...

Scorchio? Not quite

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I was very interested in Sophie Hannah's continuation of this mystery series as I'm a bit of a Poirot addict, however I felt that this story fell a bit short of the mark. It was as if she was unsure how well her mystery would hold up so threw as many red herrings as possible and hope that we were impressed by the end revelation. Some of them were a little cliche, some of them were wide of the mark and some of there were taken straight from Agatha Christie's books. The bit about repeating a story one had heard as if it was their own was central to the story of Curtain (Poirot's final mystery). And of course, at some point there needed to be a suggestion of a twin or sibling to keep the suspense alive. In writing, there is borrowing and there is copying.

Maybe as a fan of Agatha Christie's book, I was always going to be predisposed to find these stories lacking. On the contrary, I felt that the general plot showed a lot of promise and merit. Character and scene building at the beginning really did hook me in and I was excited to continue reading. To my disappointment as soon as the deed was done (the murder), it all became a little disjointed. More focused on creating layers and layers of falsehoods then actually creating a genuinely great mystery.

Narration by the brilliantly talented Julian Rhind-Tutt kept me listening to the end.

Narration made up for a poor story

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I really quite enjoyed this version of Agatha Christie's classic Belgian detective despite being a huge fan of the original. Having read most of the collection I was a bit irked at having it rehashed under someone else's guise. Sophie Hannah has done a good job of bringing the old elements from the original but it should be said to leave it be. Hannah quite easily could have created a new character without taking literary licence from Christie.

It seems that in order for her book to be noticed in an already over saturated area, Hannah has reincarnated the character. She needs more confidence in her writing - so I hope that she chooses to be a bit more original next time. I did love the performance by Julian Rhind-Tutt, his Hercule Poirot accent reminded me of David Suchet's version. Overall, a good reinvention of a classic.

A good adaptation of a classic but leave it be

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this is the second time of listening, I love poirot , enjoyable characters, lots of twists and turns

second time

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Was worried it would not have been similar to the old works of Agatha but was just a good and a great murder mystery

Happily surprised of how like Poirot of old

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