Agatha Christie: The Monogram Murders (Hercule Poirot Mystery)

from BrianEWilliams

This is the first Agatha Christie mystery written by Sophie Hannah with the blessing of the Christie Estate. She has done a good job in turning out a book most fans will likely enjoy reading. "I did not want to talk about the Bloxham Murders ever again. What I wanted - needed - was to write about...

from KateBaxter

Can the empty shoes of Dame Agatha Christie be filled with substance? Can the life of her Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, be portrayed well enough by another to read as Dame Agatha's lost manuscript? A resounding yes! for the brilliant plot and execution of story provided by author Sophie Hannah....

from smik

I feel pretty strongly about what I have called elsewhere "coat-tails" writing. Nevertheless I was interested to see whether Sophie Hannah could capture anything like the spirit of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. I guess that is what a lot of Agatha Christie readers want to know, and I have dec...

from bookswoman

There is a lot of controversy about having someone take on the persona of Dame Agatha Christie. While I did have a few problems with the book, all in all I thought it was pretty well done. It was a lot of fun to spend some time with the fussy "little Belgian", Hercule Poirot and the London police...

from jmoncton

Hercule Poirot is back!! Yes, you heard correctly - the Agatha Christie estate has given Sophie Hannah permission to write a new mystery featuring that odd and clever Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Having read many Agatha Christie mysteries, I was skeptical whether or not this would really wo...