The new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.The new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation.Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one’s mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim…In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London – a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.“Hannah gets it right in every particular – her extraordinary feat is to make the reader forget very quickly that the novel is not, in fact, written by Dame Agatha herself.”—The Times“Poirot purists will be in seventh heaven.”—Daily Telegraph“Within the first few pages of The Monogram Murders it is obvious that we are in safe hands. Sophie Hannah has written a novel that would have delighted the Queen of Crime.”—The Independent“A brilliant new murder mystery which picks up where the grande dame of crime left off”—Mail on Sunday“Both faithful to the character and an entirely worthy addition to the canon. The plot is as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie. Nothing is obvious or predictable in this very difficult Sudoku of a novel. The Monogram Murders has a life and freshness of its own. Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.”— Alexander McCall Smith in The New York Times“Sophie Hannah had large boots to fill… Nevertheless, she manages it with considerable wit, charm and ingenuity.”—Sunday Express“Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging … I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands. Reading The Monogram Murders was like returning to a favourite room of a long-lost home.”—Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl“Perfect … a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”—Tana French, author of The Secret Place“Sophie Hannah’s The Monogram Murders does Christie proud. Our favourite detective is back and in impeccable form!”—Charles Todd“Sophie Hannah is a prodigious talent. I can’t wait to see what she does next.”—Laura LippmanSophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016, Sophie published The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket, the first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which were national and international bestsellers. Sophie’s novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, two children and dog.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 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.• Hugely anticipated, the first new Poirot mystery written in 39 years!• Launched on a global scale through a co-ordinated strategy with international partners publishing in 28 languages in over 50 territories.• Author publicity on publication includes: BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 4 and features/interviews in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Mail, Metro and Evening Standard, The Sunday Express.• The Marcomms campaign focused on the idea of bringing to life the fictional hotel in the book – The Bloxham Hotel – and was amplified by brand partners including Trivago, Secret Escapes, Emerald Street, media partners including The Times, Shortlist magazine and the Agatha Christie community of 2m fans. Find out more on www.bloxhamhotel.com.• Paid media focused around the week of publication, with a 4-sheet outdoor campaign planned and adverts booked in The Sunday Times in the week of publicationCompetition: death on the nile;midwinter murder;mysterious affair at styles;troubled blood;the thursday murder club;closed casket;the monogram murders. by;robert galbraith;val mcdermid;ian rankin;richard osman;lucy foley;agatha christie;anthony horowitz;elly griffiths;martin edwards;tony medawar;mark aldridge
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