{"product_id":"9780062496669","title":"Closed Casket : A New Hercule Poirot Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eClosed Casket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e “What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith these words, Lady Athelinda Playford—one of the world’s most beloved children’s authors—springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Lady Playford’s visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited—until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why—when the crime is committed, despite Poirot’s best efforts to stop it—does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, Closed Casket is a triumph from an author whose work is “as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie” (Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times Book Review, on The Monogram Murders)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eClassic Christie\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Captures the essence of the originals without being a slavish imitation . . . Clues emerge, but the case remains perplexing. \u003cb\u003eChristie aficionados will delight in the familiar repartee and the intricate deduction of the solution\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e“Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging…I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands. Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home.”\u003cbr\u003e“Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”\u003cbr\u003e“Sophie Hannah’s \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e does Christie proud. Our favorite detective is back and in impeccable form!”\u003cbr\u003e“Sophie Hannah is a prodigious talent. I can’t wait to see what she does next.”\u003cbr\u003e“Sophie Hannah’s idea for a plot line was so compelling and her passion for my grandmother’s work so strong, that we felt that the time was right for a new Christie to be written.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062496669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41108288307406,"sku":"9780062496669","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062496669.jpg?v=1649651846","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062496669","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}