A new book is out by the award winning author of
poetry, Sophie Hannah. It is entitled, “Agatha Christie: The Monogram Murders,” by Sophie Hannah. Hercule Poirot is enjoying himself in a little French coffee house called, Pleasant’s Coffee House. He has just been enjoying hot coffee when a rather intense lady enters the restaurant. He notes her discomfort and decides that he will approach her and ask if there is anything he can do to help her. He introduces himself to her and tells her he is a retired policeman in London. He tells her he recognizes that she seems to emanate fear at this time. Jennie, the woman in distress does not want help. In fact she tells Poirot that she just wants the situation to happen. She has been running too long and is tired of hiding. She must endure the murder and let things just happen. Poirot is really Belgium and has come to hibernate in France as a means of a break. However, he cannot resist this damsel in distress. The dialogue and mystery go on from there. It is a fast easy, enjoyable read. Please take some time and enjoy this mystery.
Hannah also won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Completion
for her Novela, “The Octopus Nest” (http://www.sophiehannah.com/other-writing/the-fantastic-book-of-everybodys-secrets).
If you have not tried a new author lately, try this writer. You may be pleased by her writing.
