Sophie Hannah

Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his â??little grey cellsâ??.

Everybody has their secrets. Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man's house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerized by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? All will be revealed . . . but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again.

Sophie Hannah's unguessable thrillers have readers hooked!'INGENIOUS! I challenge anyone to unravel this clever whodunit' ?????'Sophie Hannah could well be our modern Christie, such a deliciously complicated plot. Her best yet!!' ?????'This murder mystery really did blow my mind. It kept me awake at night! Absolutely brilliant' ?????'This lived up to its press for me. I loved every page -- a truly impossible puzzle!!' ????? What if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do? A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city--and the career that nearly destroyed you--for a fresh start on the coast. But trouble begins when your daughter withdraws, after her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. You beg the principal to reconsider, only to be told that George hasn't been expelled. Because there is, and was, no George. Who is lying? Who is real? Who is in danger? Who is in control? As you search for answers, the anonymous calls begin--a stranger, who insists that you and she share a traumatic past and a guilty secret. And then the caller threatens your life. . . . This is Justine's story. This is Justine's family. This is Justine's game. But it could be yours.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders--in the ranks of Ruth Rendell, Deborah Crombie, Kimberly McCreight, and Tana French--makes her William Morrow debut with a dark and chilling psychological thriller in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation. Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she'd never see again. It's him--and he's the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes. But Nicki's peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered--a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were the words "HE IS NO LESS DEAD" painted on the wall of Blundy's study--and what do they signify? One simple answer could clear her. But she can't explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her. Nicki isn't guilty of murder. But she's far from innocent. . . .

Queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah returns with a chilling new Culver Valley crime novel.

READERS ADORE SOPHIE HANNAH'S UNGUESSABLE MYSTERIES:'Compulsive reading literally all through the night' ?????'Couldn't put it down! Loved it, so many twists and turns!' ?????'I thought I'd worked it out but I was nowhere near!!!' ?????'I have lost sleep over this book as I couldn't bear to miss a word. I have one word for it: UNBEATABLE' 'Absolutely hooked right from the first chapter. I couldn't put it down, literally' ?????'It just had to be 5 stars, more if I could' ?????'I urge you to read, you will NOT be disappointed' ????? He's not your son. It's not up to you to save him. But you have to try. After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen starts to withdraw when her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. Justine begs the head teacher to reconsider, only to be told that nobody's been expelled - there is, and was, no George. Then the anonymous calls start: a stranger, making threats that suggest she and Justine share a traumatic past and a guilty secret - yet Justine doesn't recognise her voice. When the caller starts to talk about three graves - two big and one small, to fit a child - Justine fears for her family's safety. If the police can't help, she'll have to eliminate the danger herself, but first she must work out who she's supposed to be...

Nobody leaves - or lives - without signing it. A Christmas stocking chiller by the queen of crime.

Detektiven Hercule Poirot återvänder efter 39 år. Den brittiska deckarförfattarinnan Sophie Hannah handplockades till uppdraget att skriva denna spännande återkomst. London, 1920-tal. Under sin sedvanliga torsdagsmiddag på Pleasants Coffee House råkar Hercule Poirot på Jennie. Hon är jagad, rädd och påstår att hon kommer att bli mördad, men att mordet på henne är det enda sättet att skipa rättvisa. Samma kväll inträffar tre mord på det eleganta Bloxham Hotel. Tre offer påträffas i tre olika sovrum vart och ett med en manschettknapp med ett monogram i munnen. Inga fans lär bli besvikna när Hercule Poirot återvänder i en ny elegant pusseldeckare. I Monogrammorden briljerar den älskade detektiven med sitt knivskarpa öga för detaljer och intuitiva förståelse för det människliga psyket. "Det gör mig lycklig att se den belgiske detektiven i så goda händer." Gillian Flynn, författare till Gone Girl "Hannah gör ett fantastiskt jobb! [...] man kan bara önska att hon fortsätter förse oss med sin version av den belgiske detektiven." Publishers WeeklySophie Hannah är en brittisk författare och poet vars verk givits ut i trettio länder. Hon beskrivs som nydanande inom kriminallitteraturen och hyllas för sin psykologiska skärpa. 2013 vann hon pris i Storbritannien för årets bästa kriminalroman.

"Another example of Hannah's mastery." --Booklist (starred review) A thrilling locked room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie He swore he was a killer. The truth was worse. An overnight plane delay is bad. Having to share your hotel room with a stranger is worse. But that is only the beginning of Gaby Struthers' problems. Gaby has never met Lauren Cookson before. So how does Lauren know so much about her? How does she know that the love of Gaby's life has been accused of murder? Why is she telling her that he is innocent? And why is she so terrified of Gaby?

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders in the ranks of Ruth Rendell, Deborah Crombie, Kimberly McCreight, and Tana French makes her William Morrow debut with a dark and chilling psychological thriller in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation. Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she d never see again. It s him and he s the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes. But Nicki s peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were the words HE IS NO LESS DEAD painted on the wall of Blundy s study and what do they signify? One simple answer could clear her. But she can t explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her. Nicki isn t guilty of murder. But she s far from innocent. . . ."

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders--in the ranks of Ruth Rendell, Deborah Crombie, Kimberly McCreight, and Tana French--makes her William Morrow debut with a dark and chilling psychological thriller in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation. Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she'd never see again. It's him--and he's the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes. But Nicki's peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered--a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were the words "HE IS NO LESS DEAD" painted on the wall of Blundy's study--and what do they signify? One simple answer could clear her. But she can't explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her. Nicki isn't guilty of murder. But she's far from innocent. . . .

Published in the UK as The Telling ErrorLisa Gardner calls it "mesmerizing." Liane Moriarty says it's "unpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything you've read before." See for yourself what these #1 New York Times-bestselling authors are talking about. She's a wife. She's a mother. She isn't who you think she is. Nicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else--secrets she keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets she shares with only one person: A stranger she's never seen. A person whose voice she's never heard. And then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man she doesn't know. As a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her every word, and as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki's secrets are laid bare--illusions and deceptions that she has kept up for years. And even the truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn't guilty of homicide, she's far from innocent. . . . For fans of The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, and the best of Hitchcock comes an extraordinary thriller--and an extraordinarily unreliable narrator--from an author whose work has been described by Tana French as "like watching a nightmare come to life."--NPR

"Unpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything you've read before."--Liane Moriarty"Ingenious. . . . Arresting. . . . Keeps you puzzled and intrigued, right until the end."--New York Times Book ReviewShe's a wife. She's a mother. She isn't who you think she is. Nicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else--secrets she keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets she shares with only one person: a stranger she's never seen. A person whose voice she's never heard. And then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man she doesn't know. As a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her every word, as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki's secrets are laid bare--illusions and deceptions that she has maintained for years. And even the truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn't guilty of homicide, she's far from innocent. . . . For fans of The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, and the best of Hitchcock comes an extraordinary thriller--and an extraordinarily unreliable narrator--from an author whose work has been described by Tana French as "like watching a nightmare come to life."

"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.

"Another example of Hannah's mastery." --"Booklist "(starred review) The eighth book in the internationally bestselling Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery series will keep readers guessing until the very end. When her plane is delayed overnight, Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger, a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson. But why is Lauren scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren won't explain. Instead she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didn't commit, and Gaby soon suspects that Lauren's presence on her flight can't be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary, the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed and even provided the police with the pillow he used to smother Francine. The only thing he hasn't given them is a motive. He claims to have no idea why he murdered his wife. . . .

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. She is terrified--but 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 fashionable London Hotel have been murdered, and a 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... Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christie's books have been sold around the globe. Diabolically clever, packed with style and wit, The Monogram Murders is a splendid addition to the world's biggest-selling series. Performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt

"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.

Sophie Hannah is one of Britain's best-loved poets, a disarmingly witty, sharp-eyed chronicler of everyday life and its peculiarities. She is also an internationally successful author of psychological crime fiction, and has written the first new Hercule Poirot novel to be authorised by the Agatha Christie estate. This book collects all of her previous collections of verse and also includes new and uncollected poems.

The new Hercule Poirot novel ââ?¬â?? another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ââ?¬Ë?little grey cellsââ?¬â?¢.