‘Sophie Hannah's latest case for Agatha Christie's Belgian detective is a dark psychological thriller with an ingenious resolution and it certainly takes the kitsch out of Christmas.

—Daily Record

‘If you want a Christie for Christmas, you couldn't do better than this.’

—Alex Michaelides

'Close enough to Christie's own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this without a stumble.'

—New York Journal of Books

‘Infused with such love and energy … Poirot is exactly as Christie created him, with a vitality that recalls her very best novels.’

—Daily Telegraph

“Perfect…a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”

—Tana French

‘A magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.’

—Daily Mail

“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

“The latest in Sophie Hannah’s series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.”

— Daily Mail

“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