Showing posts with label sophie hannah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sophie hannah. Show all posts

Monday, 5 November 2018

#BookReview Ett delat mysterium (The Mystery of Three Quarters) by Sophie Hannah (SWE/ENG) @sophiehannahCB1

The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

SWEDISH REVIEW

När Hercule Poirot återvänder hem efter lunch en dag finner han en arg kvinna som väntar utanför hans ytterdörr. Hon kräver att få veta varför han har skickat henne ett brev som anklagar henne för mordet på Barnabas Pandy. En man som hon inte känner eller någonsin har träffat.

Poirot har själv aldrig hört talas om Barnabas Pandy och har inte anklagat någon för mord. Gripen av händelsen går han in, bara för att finna att han har ännu en besökare som väntar på honom. Det visar sig vara en man som påstår sig ha fått ett brev från Poirot den morgonen som anklagar honom för mordet på Barnabas Pandy.

Ett delat mysterium är Sophie Hannahs tredje deckare med den omisskännlige Hercule Poirot i huvudrollen. I detta finurliga mordmysterium får vi återigen möjlighet att följa Agatha Christies mest klassiska karaktär i en gåta som inte lämnar någon oberörd.


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Jag älskar Poirot TV-serien med David Suchet. Jag har emellertid aldrig läst en Poirot-roman innan jag läste denna. En bok som inte ens är skriven av Agatha Christie. Det är nog bra att jag inte har läst de ursprungliga romanen eftersom jag inte har något att jämföra med. Men jag måste säga att jag var imponerad av historien. Humor, mysteriet och att försöka ta reda på vem skickade breven innan Poirit listade ut det.

Jag kunde verkligen se David Suchet som Poirot framför mina ögon under berättelsens gång och jag var verkligen fängslad av berättelsen och bokens stil tilltalande mig. Jag gillar särskilt början när Poirot anklagas av flera personer för att vara författare till flera brev som hävdar att just han/hon var en mördare av en man som heter Barnabus Pandy. Poirot tog allt i strid (inte) och försökte snabbt förklara att han inte alls var den som skrev breven vilket inte var lätt då de var så upprörda att de knappt lyssnad på honom. Och då måste han själv försöka ta reda på vem som skrev breven och om någon dödade stackars Barnabus Pandy.

Denna bok fick mig inte bara att vilja läsa de två tidigare böckerna av Sophie Hannah, nu vill jag också läsa böckerna av Agatha Christie. Detta är en riktigt bra bok och jag rekommenderar det varmt!

Tack till Bookmarks förlag för recensionsexemplaret!


ENGLISH REVIEW 

The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot--the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Expressand most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket--returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in the London of 1930.

Hercule Poirot returns home after an agreeable luncheon to find an angry woman waiting to berate him outside his front door. Her name is Sylvia Rule, and she demands to know why Poirot has accused her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met. She is furious to be so accused, and deeply shocked. Poirot is equally shocked, because he too has never heard of any Barnabas Pandy, and he certainly did not send the letter in question. He cannot convince Sylvia Rule of his innocence, however, and she marches away in a rage.

Shaken, Poirot goes inside, only to find that he has a visitor waiting for him -- a man called John McCrodden who also claims also to have received a letter from Poirot that morning, accusing him of the murder of Barnabas Pandy...


Poirot wonders how many more letters of this sort have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and why? More importantly, who is Barnabas Pandy, is he dead, and, if so, was he murdered? And can Poirot find out the answers without putting more lives in danger?

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I love the Poirot TV series with David Suchet. However, I have never actually read a Poirot novel until I read this one. Which isn't even written by Agatha Christie. It's probably good that I haven't read the original novels since I have nothing to compare with. But, I must say I was impressed with the story. The humor, the mystery and trying to figure out who sent the letters, before Poirot did.

I could really see David Suchet as Poirot before my eyes all through the book and I was utterly charmed by the story and the writing. I especially like the beginning when Poirot is accused by several people on being the author of several letters claiming that just he/she was a murderer. He took it all in stride (not) and quickly tried to explain that he was not at all the one that penned the letters. Although they didn't want to believe him and hardly listened to his explanations. And, then, of course, he had to try to find out who wrote the letters and if anyone killed poor Barnabus Pandy.

This book not only made me want to read the previous two books by Sophie Hannah, now I want to read the books by Agatha Christie as well. This a truly great book and I recommend it warmly!

Thanks to Bookmarks förlag for the review copy!

Friday, 23 December 2016

The Visitor's Book by Sophie Hannah

The Visitor's Book

by Sophie Hannah

on Tour November 1 - December 17, 2016

The Visitor's Book by Sophie Hannah
A collection of spine-tingling ghost stories from one of today's most acclaimed suspense novelists. In this small but perfectly formed collection of supernatural short stories, bestselling author, Sophie Hannah, takes the comforting scenes of everyday life and imbues them with a frisson of fear. Why is a young woman so unnerved by the presence of a visitors book in her boyfriend’s inner-city home? And whose spidery handwriting is it that fills the pages? Who is the strangely courteous boy still lingering at a child’s tenth birthday party when all the parents have gathered their children and left? And why does the presence of a perfectly ordinary woman in a post office queue leave another customer pallid and quaking with fear?

Book Details:

Genre: Short Stories, Thriller
Published by: Witness Impulse
Publication Date: November 1st 2016
Number of Pages: 120
ISBN: 0062562126 (ISBN13: 9780062562128)
Purchase Links: Amazon  Barnes & Noble  Goodreads 
Sophie Hannah

Learn More:

Sophie Hannah is the New York Times-bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 27 countries and adapted for television, as well as The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie.

Catch Up with Sophie Hannah on her Website  & Twitter !


 


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Monday, 5 December 2016

The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets by Sophie Hannah Blog Tour

The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets

by Sophie Hannah

on Tour November 1 - December 17, 2016

The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets by Sophie Hannah
A collection of ingenious suspense stories from one of today's most acclaimed novelists in the genre. Everybody has their secrets, and in Sophie Hannah's fantastic stories the curtains positively twitch with them. Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man's house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? And which secret results in a former literary festival director sorting soiled laundry in a shabby hotel? All will be revealed…but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again.

Book Details:

Genre: Short Stories, Thriller
Published by: Witness Impulse
Publication Date: October 11th 2016
Number of Pages: 120
ISBN: 0062562096 (ISBN13: 9780062562098)
Purchase Links: Amazon  Barnes & Noble  Goodreads 
Sophie Hannah

Learn More:

Sophie Hannah is the New York Times-bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 27 countries and adapted for television, as well as The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie.

Catch Up with Sophie Hannah on her Website , Twitter , or Facebook 


 


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Giveaway:

This is a rafflecopter giveaway hosted by Partners In Crime Virtual Book Tours for Sophie Hannah and Witness Impulse. There will be 5 US winners of one (1) eBook copy of The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets by Sophie Hannah. The giveaway begins on November 1st and runs through January 2nd, 2017.
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