The Last Death of the Year
Format:Hardback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:23rd Oct '25
Should be back in stock very soon

The exciting new Hercule Poirot mystery for 2025
The new Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah, follow-up to the bestselling Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night.The new Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah, follow-up to the bestselling Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night.
New Year's Eve, 1932.
Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday…or is it?
Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there — one he won't reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive guessing game takes a sinister turn, can Poirot stop a murderer who is determined to strike before midnight?
"A delicious, twisty, delightful read, The Last Death of the Year has an opening hook worthy of Christie at her finest.” —Alex Michaelides
"A very clever and enjoyable whodunit." —Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph
“Sophie Hannah does it again in this entertaining, page-turning resurrection of the great detective." —Nita Prose
"Fans hoping to beat Poirot to the mind-bogglingly ingenious solution are well-advised to concede the competition in advance." —Kirkus Review
“What Sophie and Agatha have in common is a rare talent for fiendish unpredictability: they make you see how the impossible might be possible after all.”—Sunday Telegraph
“Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”—The Scotsman
ISBN: 9780008710002
Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 34mm
Weight: 520g
320 pages