The Last Death of the Year, 9780008710019
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Poirot’s Greek holiday hides deadly secrets. Can he solve it?
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    320 pages

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    27 October 2025

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Summary

The Last Death of the Year: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008710019
ISBN-10:0008710015
Author:Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:27 October 2025
Weight:400g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm x 26mm
Series:A New Hercule Poirot Mystery
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A delicious, twisty, delightful read, The Last Death of the Year has an opening hook worthy of Christie at her finest.” —Alex Michaelides

“A very clever and enjoyable whodunit.” —Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph

“Sophie Hannah does it again in this entertaining, page-turning resurrection of the great detective.” —Nita Prose

“Fans hoping to beat Poirot to the mind-bogglingly ingenious solution are well-advised to concede the competition in advance.” —Kirkus Review

“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

“Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”—The Scotsman

About The Author

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle UK No. 1 bestselling author and her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. She writes contemporary psychological thrillers and, at the request of Agatha Christie’s family and estate, the new series of Hercule Poirot novels. She lives in Cambridge with her family.

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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