{"product_id":"9780062458841","title":"Closed Casket (Hercule Poirot Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world's most famous detective returns in this ingenious, stylish, and altogether delicious mystery from the author of the instant bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e (\"I was thrilled\" -- Gillian Flynn).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited -- until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why -- when the crime is committed despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it -- does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAddictive, ferociously clever, and packed with clues, wit, and murder, \u003cem\u003eClosed Casket \u003c\/em\u003eis a triumph from the author whose work is \"as tricky as anything written by Agatha Christie\" (Alexander McCall Smith, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070374527216,"sku":"9780062458841","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062458841_p0.jpg?v=1763631659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062458841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}