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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

By: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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About this listen

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile - returns to solve a fiendish new mystery.

Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate. Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. There is one strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there from the rest of the Devonport family.

On the coach, a distressed woman leaps up, demanding to disembark. She insists that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. A seat swap is arranged, and the rest of the journey passes without incident. But Poirot has a bad feeling about it, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered in the Devonports' home with a note that refers to ‘the seat that you shouldn’t have sat in’.

Could this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving the mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And can Poirot find the real murderer in time to save an innocent woman from the gallows?

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Critic reviews

"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)

“I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.” (Gillian Flynn, best-selling author of Gone Girl)

"Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.” (Tana French)
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I have listened to all the Sophie Hannah Poirots and enjoyed them, until I reached this one. I found it to be overly convoluted and drawn out with a disappointing story and a weak ending, sadly i feel it is the weakest in the series thus far.

Rather disappointing

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Unfortunately I found this book disappointing. It was quite confusing and failed to make me ‘care’ about any of the characters. I had to keep going back and listening again, I kept getting lost. It’s a shame as I enjoyed the first two books and have waited eagerly for this one. I’m a pretty big Agatha Fan, so I was initially cautious then pleasantly surprised! Not this time though. Sorry.

Disappointing

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Like the other new Poirot stories nothing actually happens, the narrative is only told by the unlikeable characters to Poirot and Catchpool and so the mystery exists just because they never tell the truth or the whole story in one go. The reasons behind their actions are only revealed at the end after Poirot has made enquires which we the reader are not privy to, therefore breaking the code of a proper detective story.

Slow and boring

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A bit disappointed with this story. Anyone trying to recreate Agatha Christie is going to have their work cut out, even allowing for a modern twist. Too long. Too contrived. Too implausible. Perhaps don't try and re-invent the wheel?
Well narrated.....

Hmmm, not sure!

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I found this book hard going and struggled to finish it. I loved the previous books but not this one. The story is weak, characters uninteresting and it felt more like I was listening to a stage play, with no momentum, dull location, just all talk.

Disappointing

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