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A New Hercule Poirot Mystery - The Last Death of the Year (A New Hercule Poirot Mystery)

By Sophie Hannah, Created by Agatha Christie

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?

Author: Sophie Hannah , Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 23 Oct 2025
Pages: 384
Price: £22.00, £22.00 (Export Price) , €None
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34 languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 Sophie began writing new Hercule Poirot mysteries with The Monogram Murders, which was an international bestseller. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.

“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, bestselling author of Gone Girl

“Does Sophie Hannah’s Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so … Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.” -

”” - Alexander McCall Smith

“Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.” -

”” - The Scotsman

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