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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

By: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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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 …

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Critic reviews

‘Fiendishly plotted, this is a triumphant festive treat’
—Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday
‘Sophie Hannah's latest case for Agatha Christie's Belgian detective is a dark psychological thriller with an ingenious resolution and it certainly takes the kitsch out of Christmas.
—Daily Record
‘If you want a Christie for Christmas, you couldn't do better than this.’
—Alex Michaelides
'Close enough to Christie's own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this without a stumble.'
—New York Journal of Books
‘Infused with such love and energy … Poirot is exactly as Christie created him, with a vitality that recalls her very best novels.’
—Daily Telegraph
“Perfect…a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”
—Tana French
‘A magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.’
—Daily Mail
“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.”
— Sunday Telegraph
“The latest in Sophie Hannah’s series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.”
— Daily Mail
“I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.”
— Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl
“Does Sophie Hannah’s Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so … Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.”
— Alexander McCall Smith
“Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”
— The Scotsman
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Not sure about the story line but I especially loved Julian Rhind-Hutts the narration!

Enjoyable

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Nothing redeemable about this story unfortunately. Characters were unpleasant and it felt like two books stitched together in the end.

Meandering and soulless

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Julian is an incredible narrator and I am sure that I would enjoy him describing the drying of wet paint in a long monologue. However this is one of the weaker Poirot continuations. Not a waste of time but there have been better stories that I have enjoyed more. If Sophie Hannah writes another one she needs to come up with a more engrossing plot.

Great Narration. Story is a not great

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The narration is excellent but I found the plot moved slowly and I missed out occasional chapters when it really dragged. Tellingly, for a mystery novel, that didn’t make any difference to understanding the story.

Passes the time

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Bravo Ms Hannah! Honestly it’s like finding a lost book. Superb. So many nuances right, red herrings, clever devices and sometimes dark sometimes funny. It’s easy for a thriller and Christie nerd like me to be grateful for all that skill love and attention.

“Not as good as Christie”? Bah humbug.

Lifelong Christie nerd and I loved it.

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