The Last Death of the Year, Sophie Hannah
The Last Death of the Year, Sophie Hannah
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The Last Death of the Year
A Novel

Author: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie

Series: New Hercule Poirot Mystery #6

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 10/28/2025

Synopsis

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 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 and both men resolve to ensure that the first murder will be the last.

About Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 51 countries and adapted for television, as well as The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie, and its sequels Closed Casket, The Mystery of Three Quarters, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, and Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. Sophie is also the author of a self-help book, How to Hold a Grudge, and hosts the podcast of the same name. She lives in Cambridge, UK.

About Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mandy on October 31, 2025

Who doesn’t love a good Agatha Christie mystery? Years after her death, Sophie Hannah has taken the reins giving us more Hercule Poirot and Edward Catchpole adventures and I am so happy for it. Hercule and Edward head to a sunny Greek Island to see in the new year - 1933. They stay in a house with a......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on October 31, 2025

In typical Agatha Christie style, The Last Death of the Year conjured up a Golden Age whodunnit in all of its glory. With a remote setting, a small group of suspects, and plenty of secrets and lies, this locked room mystery kept me guessing from beginning to end. You see, every time I thought I had......more

Goodreads review by Christine on October 16, 2025

Hercule Poirot has always been my favorite of Agatha Christie's detectives. Back in 2014, I was so excited when the first of Sophie Hannah's New Hercule Poirot Mysteries. I loved that book and have enjoyed the subsequent books in the series. I like Hannah's take on Poirot and appreciate that instead......more

Goodreads review by Kate on October 11, 2025

The Last Death of the Year is set on a fictional Greek island where Poirot and sidekick, Inspectorate Catchpool, have been invited to solve a mystery. Not that Catchpool is aware of which mystery until long after a death has occurred, which entirely baffles the detective duo. I have to say that despi......more

Goodreads review by Ingstje on October 12, 2025

Being a Agatha Christie aficionado I was delighted with the opportunity to read Sophie Hannah’s sixth novel in the New Hercule Poirot Mysteries. Ah mon ami, how I missed you and your little French comments! For once and for all for those still confused: Poirot is Belgian (like me) – not French – but......more

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