"I'm a dead woman, or I shall be soon . . ."
Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. Though terrified, she begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a London Hotel have been murdered, and a monogrammed cufflink has been placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim.
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I am a fan of Agatha Christie. So when I discovered that Sophie Hannah is continuing the saga of Hercule Poirot, I was skeptical. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Poirot is back with his little gray cells in this murder seeped in revenge for a past wrong. I will admit I missed Hastings and Inspector Japp. He does have a new comrade in the person of Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard and I suspect that Fee Spring, a waitress at the cafe Poirot is currently a customer will reappear. #bannedbooks