The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

The fourth Poirot continuation novel from author Sophie Hannah, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, will be published in the UK on 20th August and the US on 15th September, with international release dates rolling out from the end of the summer.

The plot:

Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate. Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. There is one strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there from the rest of the Devonport family.

On the coach, a distressed woman leaps up, demanding to disembark. She insists that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. A seat-swap is arranged, and the rest of the journey passes without incident. But Poirot has a bad feeling about it, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered in the Devonports' home with a note that refers to ‘the seat that you shouldn’t have sat in’.

Could this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And can Poirot find the real murderer in time to save an innocent woman from the gallows?

Reviews

"Bestseller Hannah displays her superior ability to devise mind-blowing setups in her fourth authorized continuation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot series."

Outstanding Praise for Sophie Hannah’s Poirot Series

“Sophie Hannah does an egoless, silky job of reviving Agatha Christie's beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.”

–USA Today

“Classic Christie… Christie aficionados will delight in the familiar repartee and the intricate deduction of the solution.”

–Washington Post

“Perfect… a pure treat.”

“Our favorite Belgian detective is back and in impeccable form.”

–Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling author