Hercule Poirot · Book 41

The Last Death of the Year

by Sophie HannahContinuation author

  • A continuation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, written by Sophie Hannah.
Published
1 January 2025
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9780063424517
Type
novel

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Cover of The Last Death of the Year

About this book

Following "Hercule Poirot's Silent Night", "The Last Death of the Year" was written by Sophie Hannah, Hercule Poirot's continuation author, and published in 2025.

Its place in Hercule Poirot

The Last Death of the Year is book 41 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Hercule Poirot's Silent Night. See the full Hercule Poirot reading order.

Hercule Poirot is the fastidious, egg-headed Belgian detective who solves murders with his "little grey cells" rather than legwork — a private inquiry agent, former Belgian policeman, and refugee of the First World War who settles in England and becomes the most famous fictional detective after Sherlock Holmes. Agatha Christie built the character across 33 novels and dozens of short stories between 1920 and 1975, perfecting the fair-play puzzle mystery: a closed circle of suspects, a country house or a locked…

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