{"product_id":"closed-casket-a-new-hercule-poirot-mystery-9780062496669","title":"Closed Casket: A New Hercule Poirot Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith these words, Lady Athelinda Playford--one of the world's most beloved children's authors--springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited--until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why--when the crime is committed, despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it--does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, Closed Casket is a triumph from an author whose work is \"as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie\" (Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times Book Review, on The Monogram Murders)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHannah, Sophie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSOPHIE HANNAH is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 51 countries and adapted for television, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie, and its sequels \u003cem\u003eClosed Casket, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of Three Quarters, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Killings at Kingfisher Hill\u003c\/em\u003e. Sophie is also the author of a self-help book, \u003cem\u003eHow to Hold a Grudge\u003c\/em\u003e, and hosts the podcast of the same name. She lives in Cambridge, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristie, Agatha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAgatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409540124946,"sku":"9780062496669","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc7218f9-2a19-4476-a57a-1bd89e8d2fee.jpg?v=1729290023","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/closed-casket-a-new-hercule-poirot-mystery-9780062496669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}