The Last Death of the Year
A New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Will be published approx. on 5. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-00-871004-0 (ISBN)
Description
The new Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah, follow-up to the bestselling Hercule Poirot's Silent Night.
New Year's Eve, 1932.
Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday...or is it?
Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there - one he won't reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive guessing game takes a sinister turn, can Poirot stop a murderer who is determined to strike before midnight?
New Year's Eve, 1932.
Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday...or is it?
Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there - one he won't reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive guessing game takes a sinister turn, can Poirot stop a murderer who is determined to strike before midnight?
Reviews / Votes
"A delicious, twisty, delightful read, The Last Death of the Year has an opening hook worthy of Christie at her finest." -Alex Michaelides "A very clever and enjoyable whodunit." -Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph "Sophie Hannah does it again in this entertaining, page-turning resurrection of the great detective." -Nita Prose "Fans hoping to beat Poirot to the mind-bogglingly ingenious solution are well-advised to concede the competition in advance." -Kirkus Review "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 "Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie's heir."-The ScotsmanMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-871004-0 (9780008710040)
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Persons
Sophie Hannah is the internationally bestselling author of 9 psychological thrillers, which have been published in more than 20 countries and adapted for television. Her novel The Carrier won the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and as a poet has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.