Hercule Poirot's Silent Night is the fifth novel in the Agatha Christie New Hercule Poirot Mysteries written by Sophie Hannah. Come see why Sophia Rose enjoyed this cozy mystery....
Sophia Rose's Review
A Christmas spent in a cozy flat with a brilliant, intelligent friend for good food and stimulating conversation was the height of his Christmas holiday until an irrepressible woman burst in and demanded they come and solve a mystery that was baffling local police.
For a few years now, I've been aware of the New Hercule Poirot Mysteries and I've wanted to try them since I love Agatha Christie's eccentric Belgium detective. When I spotted the latest installment among this year's Christmas offerings, I decided it was time to visit the series. Thankfully, Hercule Poirot's Silent Night is standalone though it's the fifth book in the series.
I enjoyed being introduced to Hercule Poirot's new companion, Scotland Yard Inspector Catchpool who also happens to chronicle the cases they have worked on together. The holiday case comes to them via Catchpool's annoying force of nature of a mother. He has told her 'no' about coming to visit her friends for the holidays so she ends around him and presents the local murder case to Poirot and demands he help solve it because it affects her dear friend and her eccentric household.
I was wary of this new iteration of Poirot, but it wasn't long before I was comfortable with Sophie Hannah's careful creation of the character and Catchpool. Then, when Cynthia Catchpool crashed into the story, I was amused and irritated by her in equal measure, but she definitely livened things up.
For the next several chapters, there was the intro to the cast of characters, the murder case, and the setting of the town and the estate by the sea. The characters were all fascinating people and the interactions had me eying them all suspiciously as Poirot and Catchpool interviewed and observed with plans to get the case solved and leave for London by Christmas. Silly men, I can see Cynthia tsking them with her playful finger.
The mystery had me curious, but I confess that I was more into getting to know the new Poirot and seeing him compare favorably with Christie's original. Also, the amusing way Catchpool is not as quick on the uptake as Poirot and gets put to work while still in the dark by Poirot. Their friendship is fun.
In summary, this was a delightful holiday cozy historical mystery. I'll be going back to see Poirot and Catchpool's first meeting and case and getting the whole series though I was glad this worked great as a standalone and recommend you stuff your stocking with this Christmas goodie.
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