The monogram murders

the new Hercule Poirot mystery

302 pages

English language

Published March 22, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-06-229721-1
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OCLC Number:
903436634

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4 stars (2 reviews)

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 a fashionable London hotel have been murdered, and a cufflink has been 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.

2 editions

reviewed The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #1)

Review of 'The monogram murders' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I was really excited when I first heard that a new Agatha Christie novel was released. I thought it was a lost book but it turned out that it was just an authorized story, so I immediately lowered my expectations.
In the end I was positively surprised as it was written quite in the style of an authentic Poirot novel though you definitely notice the differences. Altogether some things were not as subtle as Agatha Christie would have written it but Sophie Hannah actually does a great enough job at impersonating her. I am definitely looking forward to reading her other books.

Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • Fiction

Places

  • England