{"product_id":"closed-casket-hbpo","title":"Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world's most famous detective returns in this ingenious, stylish, and altogether delicious mystery from the author of the instant bestseller The Monogram Murders (\"I was thrilled\" -- Gillian Flynn).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited -- until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why -- when the crime is committed despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it -- does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, Closed Casket is a triumph from the author whose work is \"as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie\" (Alexander McCall Smith, The New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48229264130273,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0792\/3681\/files\/9780062458827.jpg?v=1784299557","url":"https:\/\/thefreckledpage.com\/products\/closed-casket-hbpo","provider":"The Freckled Page","version":"1.0","type":"link"}