The Last Death of the Year: A Novel [Hardcover]

The brilliant Belgian detective rings in the New Year with a chilling murder investigation on a Greek island in this all-new holiday mystery from Sophie Hannah, author ofHercule Poirot’s Silent Night.

New Year’s Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the tiny Greek island of Lamperos to celebrate the holiday with what turns out to be a rather odd community living in a dilapidated house. A dark sense of foreboding overshadows the beautiful island getaway when the guests play a New Year’s Resolutions game after dinner and one written resolution gleefully threatens to perform “the last and first death of the year.”

Hours later, one of the home’s residents is found dead on the terrace.

In light of the shocking murder, Poirot reveals to Catchpool the real reason he’s brought him to the island and both men resolve to ensure that the first murder will be the last.

A delicious, twisty, delightful read,The Last Death of the Yearhas an opening hook worthy of Christie at her finest. ThinkA Murder is AnnouncedmeetsEvil Under The Sun, with an extra dash of Sophie Hannah magic. An isolated Greek island, a closed circle of suspects, and an elegant, baffling mystery. Christie fans are in for a treat. -Alex Michaelides, bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens

Sophie Hannah does it again in this entertaining, page-turning resurrection of the great detective himself, Hercule Poirot. Set on a Greek Island on New Year's eve,The Last Death of the Yearexamines what happens when a list of resolutions foretells a mysterious murder.   -Nita Prose, New York Times bestselling author of The Maid

Once again, Hannah proves both a quick study and an inventive thinker, delivering a whodunit that honors Poirot’s history without feeling like a mere retread. Golden age mystery fans arlS­