Hercule Poirot isn't surprised when he's recognized on the street in front of Whitehaven Mansions, but he is taken aback by the venom and anger directed at him by a woman named Sylvia Rule. She has a letter written by Poirot saying she murdered Barnabus Pandy, someone she has not even met, and she demands that he recuse this slander. Then three more people accuse him of the same thing. Poirot asks his friend Inspector Catchpool to determine the forger, why these four strangers are accused of the same murder, and whether Pandy's death was murder or tragic accident. Resurrecting a character as famous and beloved as Poirot is not for the faint-of-heart writer, and Hannah's third installment in her reboot (after
The Monogram Murders and
Closed Casket) is her best yet. It rings true to Agatha Christie's original writing, capturing the character of Poirot.
VERDICT Enthusiastically recommended for fans of Hannah's other Poirot novels and detective fiction and Christie's original works. [See Prepub Alert, 2/19/18.]
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