Closed Casket (The NEW Hercule Poirot Mystery based on Agatha Christie's classic character) by Sophie Hannah. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2016. Adult mystery.Poirot and Scotland Yard detective Edward Catchpole have been invited to a elegant estate in Ireland by Lady Playford. The wealthy woman is about to announce that she is leaving all she has, not to her adult son and daughter as expected, but to Joseph Scotcher, an employee who apparently is dying of liver disease. Of course, someone must die and Poirot, in a drawing room scene with everyone but the dead person present, solves the crime and ties up all the loose ends after leading readers on a trail of clues.
Hannah was successful with her first Poirot novel, The Monogram Murders. The family of Agatha Christie is thanked with the dedication and endnotes so apparently Hannah is the heir apparent to continuing the characters into the future. The novel is beautifully put together with wallpaperish dividing pages and even a great map of the Lillieoak mansion. Her details about Poirot are spot on.
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