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The second novel by Sophie Hannah to feature the great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, famously created by the queen of crime fiction, Agatha Christie. Set in an old Irish country house with colourful characters and an unexpected murder victim - will this fastidious detective be able to use his 'little grey cells' and solve the case in time? Sophie Hannah, an international bestselling crime writer, has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to write this second title - marking the centenary of Christie's world-renowned sleuth, first introduced in "The Mysterious Affair At Styles".

Sophie Hannah is the internationally bestselling author of 9 psychological thrillers, which have been published in more than 20 countries and adapted for television. Her novel The Carrier won the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and as a poet has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.