Closed casket | Delibris

[Closed casket]

HANNAH, Sophie

Year:

2016

Type:

Fiction

Public:

Adults

Moral assessment:

Type: Literature

Nothing inappropriate.

Some morally inappropriate content.

Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.

Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.

Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.

Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.

Literary quality:

Recommendable:

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"Closed Casket" takes place in Ireland in 1929. Lady Athelinda Playford summons several people to her country house and, among the guests, are Hercules Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Lady Athelinda has modified her will and bequeaths her fortune to her secretary. This fact causes stupor in her children and relatives. The lawyer is murdered. Poirot and Catchpool initiate the investigation and consider that all the guests are suspects. Everyone in the house has heard or seen strange details and crime hides quarrels and stories that make up a complex puzzle. The narrative, which is extensive and labyrinthine, is made by the Scotland Yard inspector. The plot and the Victorian atmosphere are a remake of Agatha Christie, and includes all its elements: mysteries, interrogations, clues, intrigue …

M.L. (España, 2017)