Sophie Hannah

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice – puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS? It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why. Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else – someone utterly ruthless – also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot . . .

The world's most famous detective returns in this ingenious, stylish, and altogether delicious mystery from the author of the instant bestseller The Monogram Murders ("I was thrilled" -- Gillian Flynn)."What I intend to say to you will come as a shock..."With 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 an invalid who has only weeks to live.Among Lady Playford's visitors are two 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?Addictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, Closed Casket is a triumph from the author whose work is "as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie" (Alexander McCall Smith, The New York Times Book Review).

Honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences in the latest gripping, twisty psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah.Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort... ...until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to "Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours." At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless--but why would anyone do that? Jane has no idea. But someone in this dining room will be dead before breakfast, and all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could have possibly committed the crime.

The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot, the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket, returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in the London of 1930. Hercule Poirot returns home after an agreeable luncheon to find an angry woman waiting to berate him outside his front door. Her name is Sylvia Rule, and she demands to know why Poirot has accused her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met. She is furious to be so accused, and deeply shocked. Poirot is equally shocked, because he too has never heard of any Barnabas Pandy, and he certainly did not send the letter in question. He cannot convince Sylvia Rule of his innocence, however, and she marches away in a rage. Shaken, Poirot goes inside, only to find that he has a visitor waiting for him -- a man called John McCrodden who also claims also to have received a letter from Poirot that morning, accusing him of the murder of Barnabas Pandy... Poirot wonders how many more letters of this sort have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and why? More importantly, who is Barnabas Pandy, is he dead, and, if so, was he murdered? And can Poirot find out the answers without putting more lives in danger?

Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she’d never see again. It’s him—and he’s the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes. But Nicki’s peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered—a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. One simple answer could clear her. But she can’t explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a sharp, captivating, and expertly plotted tale of psychological suspense.All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn’t mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn’t seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn’t want to see her today—or ever again. But she can’t resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House, watches from across the road as Flora arrives and calls to her children Thomas and Emily to get out of the car. Except . . . There’s something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt, but they haven’t changed at all. They are no taller, no older. Why haven’t they grown? How is it possible that they haven’t grown up?

Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christie's books have been sold around the globe. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand-new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot. Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah breathes new life into the incomparable detective. In this thrilling tale, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London—a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills and baffle and delight longtime Christie fans and new generations of readers discovering him for the first time. Authorized by Christie's family, and featuring the most iconic detective of all time, this instant Christie classic is sure to be celebrated by mystery lovers the world over.

When Alice Fancourt leaves her infant daughter at home with her husband David for the first time since becoming a new mother, she returns to a horrifying sight: her daughter, Florence, has been swapped with another baby. In hysterics, Alice rushes to call the police, but soon discovers that no one - not even David - believes her. When the police are called in, Detective Simon Waterhouse is drawn to the lovely Alice but doubts her story, while his boss, Charlotte "Charlie" Zailer thinks the whole case is a waste of time. But one week later, both Alice and the baby have disappeared... An insightful exploration of the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her child, "Little Face" is a riveting read.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a disturbing tale of psychological suspense and obsession that hits at the heart of some of our most precious relationships. What if having a best friend could put you in the crosshairs of a killer? A psychopath the police have dubbed “Billy Dead Mates” is targeting pairs of best friends, and killing them one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book. For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or figure out what the white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. The police are on edge; the public in a panic. Then a woman, scared by what she’s seen on the news, comes forward. What she reveals shocks the investigators and adds another troubling layer to an already complex case. Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy’s peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did last year. Was the stranger Billy, and is he targeting her—or is it something more nefarious? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how—and why—could Billy Dead Mates want to target her? If it’s not her, then who will be the next to die? Sophie Hannah raises the stakes with each successive page in this haunting and twisting thriller that reaffirms her place as one of today’s most talented suspense writers.

TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work, with sixteen numbers arranged in rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she'll be working on a documentary about three crib death mothers wrongly accused of murder. All three women are now free, and the doctor who testified against them is under investigation. For reasons she's never shared, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. Then one of the mothers is found dead, and in her pocket is a card . . .

Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins - she told nobody. Now she has another secret - the man she has fallen in love with, unhappily married Robert Haworth. When he vanishes, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. But the police are less convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists he's not missing.

Alice Fancourt, una feliz madre primeriza, decide salir a dar un paseo después de una larga convalecencia. David, su marido queda a cargo de la pequeña Florence. Debía cuidarla, pero cuando Alice entra en la habitación, la pesadilla empieza: el bebé que duerme en la cuna no es su hija...

It's 1.15 a.m. and Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale - there's an estate agent's board in the front garden. Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of the house and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, lies a woman face down in a pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room... (In the USA, the title of this book is "The Other Woman's House")

"وكأن أجاثا كريستي لا تزال على قيد الحياة... سوف يسعد محبو كريستي بالاستنتاج البارع والحل العبقري لخيوط اللغز". صحيفة واشنطن بوست

***WINNER OF THE 2023 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY***'Sophie Hannah, who can twist a conventional plot until it screams for mercy, puts an existential spin on the domestic-suspense novel' New York Times'Fiendishly clever' Daily Mail 'Complex and sinister' Observer 'A literary high-wire artist' Sunday Express 'Prepare for sleep deprivation!' RedAll Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home.Just because she knows that her former best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that, and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora Braid for twelve years.But she can't resist. She parks outside Flora's house and watches from across the road as Flora and her children, Thomas and Emily, step out of the car. Except...There's something terribly wrong.Flora looks the same, only older - just as Beth would have expected. It's the children that are the problem. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily Braid were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are still five and three. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt - Beth hears Flora call them by their names - but they haven't changed at all.They are no taller, no older.Why haven't they grown?

Nicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else - secrets she keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets she shares with only one person: a stranger she's never seen. A person whose voice she's never heard. And then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man she doesn't know. As a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her every word, as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki's secrets are laid bare - illusions and deceptions that she has maintained for years. And even the truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn't guilty of homicide, she's far from innocent... 

TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four -- numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard and Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, and the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct. For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. And then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, and in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four ...

She's the most famous murder victim in America. What if she's not dead? Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied — by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake at the front desk... but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn't know what to trust — everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?

La voce all’altoparlante annuncia che il volo è cancellato, e Gaby sa che questo significa passare la notte in un hotel. Ma non sa che dovrà dividere la stanza con un’altra passeggera, Lauren. Una sconosciuta per lei. Una sconosciuta che la fissa con terrore. Agitata e impaurita, riesce a farfugliare solo poche parole. Parlano di un omicidio e di un uomo innocente. Gaby non ha idea del perché quella donna sembra così sconvolta dalla sua presenza. Decide allora di fare delle ricerche su Google e capisce che il loro incontro forse non è solo una coincidenza. Il nome di Lauren è legato a una tragica storia in cui è coinvolto l’unico uomo che Gaby abbia mai amato e che non vede da molti anni, Tim. Scopre che adesso è in prigione perché ha confessato di aver ucciso la moglie. Il mondo crolla addosso a Gaby, che sente riaffiorare il suo passato con cui non ha mai chiuso del tutto i conti. Deve saperne di più. Deve capire cosa volevano dirle gli occhi spaventati di Lauren. Di un’unica cosa è certa: Tim non può essere colpevole. Eppure tra le mani non ha nessun indizio per dimostrare la sua innocenza. La stessa polizia ha le mani legate. Simon Waterhouse e Charlie Zailer, i due detective che seguono le indagini, hanno davanti solo un muro di omertà. E quando un altro cadavere viene ritrovato, Gaby sente di essere finita in un gioco più grande di lei. Perché la realtà a volte riesce a superare anche il peggiore incubo. I libri di Sophie Hannah sono una garanzia di successo. La stampa inglese non ha più parole per descrivere il talento della regina del thriller psicologico. I lettori di tutto il mondo aspettano con trepidazione ogni suo nuovo romanzo. Non fidarti è un ingranaggio in cui ogni particolare funziona alla perfezione: suspense, paura, azione, investigazione, colpi di scena. Non manca proprio nulla. Bisogna solo essere pronti a guardare il mondo da un nuovo inquietante punto di vista.

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders.You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better.You’ve left the city—and the career that nearly destroyed you—for a fresh start on the coast. But trouble begins when your daughter withdraws, after her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school.You beg the principal to reconsider, only to be told that George hasn’t been expelled. Because there is, and was, no George.Who is lying? Who is real? Who is in danger? Who is in control? As you search for answers, the anonymous calls begin—a stranger, who insists that you and she share a traumatic past and a guilty secret. And then the caller threatens your life. . . .This is Justine’s story. This is Justine’s family. This is Justine’s game. But it could be yours.

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 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?

Alice Fancourt è stata lontana da casa solo due ore, eppure non vede l'ora di riabbracciare la sua bambina, la piccola Florence di due settimane. Ma, imboccato il vialetto di casa, la donna capisce subito che c'è qualcosa che non va. La porta è aperta, le stanze sono avvolte dal silenzio. Alice corre in camera della piccola e con orrore si rende conto che la bambina che dorme nella culla non è sua figlia. Al suo posto c'è un'altra neonata, un altro viso, un altro pianto. Ma dov'è Florence? E come è possibile che David, il marito di Alice, che doveva badare alla bambina, non si sia accorto di nulla? È l'inizio di un incubo. Perché nessuno le crede. Né David né la suocera Vivienne. Per loro Alice è solo depressa e rifiuta la bambina. E mentre David diventa sempre più aggressivo e minaccioso, ad Alice non resta altra scelta che rivolgersi alla polizia. A occuparsi del caso sono la sergente Charlie Zailer e il detective Simon Waterhouse. Alice non ha alcuna prova, solo la sua testimonianza, quella di una madre sicura che quel viso e quell'odore non sono quelli della bambina che ha portato in grembo per nove mesi. L'unica soluzione è convincere la polizia a eseguire il test del DNA. Ma ogni minuto può essere fatale e il tempo scorre... finché Alice e la neonata improvvisamente spariscono. Nel nulla. Bestseller a sorpresa in Inghilterra, pochi giorni dopo la pubblicazione Non è mia figlia è balzato in testa alla classifica dei thriller più venduti, grazie al passaparola dei lettori. Un romanzo ipnotico e originale che incarna le nostre paure più inconfessabili e che esplora i segreti e le bugie che si nascondono dietro vite apparentemente perfette.

Czy Herkules Poirot zakończy śledztwo przed świętami Bożego Narodzenia? Grudzień, pięć dni przed Wigilią. Detektyw Herkules Poirot i inspektor Edward Catchpool zostają poproszeni o zbadanie sprawy morderstwa popełnionego w pozornie bezpiecznym miejscu – na oddziale szpitala w Norfolk. Matka inspektora nalega, aby obaj skorzystali z gościny w rezydencji jej przyjaciół, państwa Laurierów, gdzie wszyscy razem będą mogli spędzić świąteczny czas. Arnold Laurier, pan domu, ma niebawem zostać pacjentem tego samego szpitala. Jego żona Vivienne utrzymuje, że mąż jest kolejnym celem zabójcy, odmawia jednak wyjaśnienia, dlaczego tak sądzi. Poirot ma niecały tydzień, aby rozwiązać zagadkę tajemniczej śmierci i zapobiec kolejnym zbrodniom. Nie wie jednak, że sam znalazł się na celowniku mordercy…

Najbłyskotliwszy detektyw świata powraca, aby rozwikłać kolejną niesłychanie zawiłą zagadkę. Tym razem wybiera się do posiadłości Kingfisher Hill, gdzie zaprosił go Richard Devonport, brat zamordowanego Franka. Mężczyzna ma nadzieję, że Poirot dowiedzie niewinności jego narzeczonej. Podczas podróży do majątku Devonportów detektyw jest świadkiem dziwnego zdarzenia: jedna z pasażerek luksusowego autokaru nagle postanawia wysiąść. Twierdzi, że musi opuścić zajęte miejsce, w przeciwnym razie padnie ofiarą morderstwa. Poirot ma złe przeczucia. Jego obawy się potwierdzają, gdy w Kingfisher Hill zostają znalezione kolejne zwłoki, a przy nich tajemniczy liścik...

Uwielbiany i podziwiany Herkules Poirot, legendarny bohater Agathy Christie, powraca w misternie skonstruowanej zagadce. Tym razem o niecne działania zostaje oskarżony sam Poirot. Herkules Poirot przed drzwiami własnego domu spotyka rozwścieczoną kobietę. Nieznajoma dopytuje, dlaczego Poirot przysłał jej list, w którym oskarża ją o morderstwo Barnaby Pandy’ego – mężczyzny, którego nie znała i nigdy nie spotkała. Co ciekawe, sam Poirot też o nim nie słyszał. Wstrząśnięty wchodzi do mieszkania, gdzie czeka na niego mężczyzna – adresat identycznego listu... Poirot zaprzęga do pracy swoje małe szare komórki, a do pomocy angażuje inspektora Edwarda Catchpoola ze Scotland Yardu. W trakcie śledztwa musi zmierzyć się ze złożonymi relacjami, skandalami, sekretami i dawno pogrzebanymi grzechami przeszłości. Inteligentna, wciągająca intryga z udziałem detektywa wszech czasów – oto Sophie Hannah w najwyższej formie.

A chilling exploration of a mother's unspeakable betrayal from the author of Little Face Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband when she hears an unexpected name—Mark Bretherick. It's a name she shouldn't know, but last year Sally treated herself to a secret vacation—away from her hectic family life—and met a man. After their brief affair, the two planned to never meet again. But now, Mark's wife and daughter are dead—and the safety of Sally's own family is in doubt. Sophie Hannah established herself as a new master of psychological suspense with her previous novel, Little Face. Now with accomplished prose and a plot guaranteed to keep readers guessing, The Wrong Mother is Hannah's most captivating work yet. Published as The Point of Rescue in the United Kingdom