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The last death of the year / Sophie Hannah.

Hannah, Sophie, 1971- (author.). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (creator.).

Summary:

"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 of locals 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 ... the life of another community member has been threatened. Now both men resolve to ensure that the first murder will be the last."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063424517 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 274 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

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At head of title on jacket: Agatha Christie.

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Subject: Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Islands > Greece > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
New Year > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
Private investigators > Belgium > Fiction.
Promises > Fiction.
Greece > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

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  • 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch NEW FIC Hanna 31681010442754 FICTION Checked out 12/14/2025
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  • Baker & Taylor
    The brilliant Belgian detective rings in the New Year with a chilling murder investigation.
  • HARPERCOLL

    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 of Hercule 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 of locals 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—the life of another community member has been threatened. Now both men resolve to ensure that the first murder will be the last.

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