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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

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By: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a fiendish new mystery.

Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. But there is a strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there.

The coach is forced to stop when a distressed woman demands to get off, insisting that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. Although the rest of the journey passes without anyone being harmed, Poirot’s curiosity is aroused, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered with a macabre note attached…

Could this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving the mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And if Helen is innocent, can Poirot find the true culprit in time to save her from the gallows?

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Critic reviews

“‘Close enough to Christie’s own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this present novel without a stumble.”
— New York Journal of Books

“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

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

“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

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I have listened to all the Sophie Hannah Poirots and enjoyed them, until I reached this one. I found it to be overly convoluted and drawn out with a disappointing story and a weak ending, sadly i feel it is the weakest in the series thus far.

Rather disappointing

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Unfortunately I found this book disappointing. It was quite confusing and failed to make me ‘care’ about any of the characters. I had to keep going back and listening again, I kept getting lost. It’s a shame as I enjoyed the first two books and have waited eagerly for this one. I’m a pretty big Agatha Fan, so I was initially cautious then pleasantly surprised! Not this time though. Sorry.

Disappointing

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Like the other new Poirot stories nothing actually happens, the narrative is only told by the unlikeable characters to Poirot and Catchpool and so the mystery exists just because they never tell the truth or the whole story in one go. The reasons behind their actions are only revealed at the end after Poirot has made enquires which we the reader are not privy to, therefore breaking the code of a proper detective story.

Slow and boring

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A bit disappointed with this story. Anyone trying to recreate Agatha Christie is going to have their work cut out, even allowing for a modern twist. Too long. Too contrived. Too implausible. Perhaps don't try and re-invent the wheel?
Well narrated.....

Hmmm, not sure!

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I found this book hard going and struggled to finish it. I loved the previous books but not this one. The story is weak, characters uninteresting and it felt more like I was listening to a stage play, with no momentum, dull location, just all talk.

Disappointing

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