Sophie Hannahovú som spoznal najprv ako autorku krminálnych trilerov, ktoré ma ale veľmi nezaujali. Mala na môj vkus príliš rozvláčny štýl písania, no o niekoľko priečok vyššie u mňa postúpila vďaka novým príbehom o Herculovi Poirotovi. Sophie Hannahová sa totiž podujala oživiť legendárneho belgického detektíva a spojiť svoje meno s kráľovnou Agathou Christie. Vzhľadom na to, že jej romány sú[...]
Nové poirotovské tajomstvo, ktoré poteší všetkých fanúšikov kráľovnej anglickej detektívky. Sophie Hannahová odviedla dobrú prácu. Možno si spomínate na dve knihy, ktoré oživili Hercula Poirota. Vraždy s monogramom a Záhada zavretej schránky. Britská spisovateľka Sophie Hannahová je tu s treťou knihou a najobľúbenejším detektívom na svete. Legendárny Hercule Poirot sa vracia na scénu v[...]
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… ...
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?
