**Two sensational unsolved crimes --one in the past, another in the present--are linked by one man's memory and self-deception in this chilling novel of literary suspense from National Book Award finalist Dan Chaon.** "We are always telling a story _to_ ourselves, about ourselves." This is one of
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
β Scribed by Sophie Hannah
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirotβlegendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nileβreturns to solve a fiendish new mystery. 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 fiancΓ©e, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank.Β 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.Β 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...
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