'Sophie Hannah's latest case for Agatha Christie's Belgian detective is a dark psychological thriller with an ingenious resolution and it certainly takes the kitsch out of Christmas.
-Daily Record
'If you want a Christie for Christmas, you couldn't do better than this.'
-Alex Michaelides
'Close enough to Christie's own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this without a stumble.'
-New York Journal of Books
'Infused with such love and energy ... Poirot is exactly as Christie created him, with a vitality that recalls her very best novels.'
-Daily Telegraph
Perfect...a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.
-Tana French
'A magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot's famous little grey cells.'
-Daily Mail
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
The latest in Sophie Hannah's series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie's beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot's famous little grey cells.
- Daily Mail
I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.
- Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl
Does Sophie Hannah's Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so ... Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.
- Alexander McCall Smith
Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie's heir.
- The Scotsman