The Mystery of Three Quarters
Poirot investigates letters accusing four people of murder.
The Mystery of Three Quarters is a detective novel by Sophie Hannah, the third in her series of Hercule Poirot stories authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie. It follows The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Sophie Hannah
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Series
- Hercule Poirot
- Genre
- Detective, mystery
- Published
- August 23, 2018 HarperCollins
- Format
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- Pages
- 400 pp (first edition, hardcover)
Facts from the source article.
Plot
Four people receive letters signed by Hercule Poirot, each accusing them of murdering Barnabas Pandy, a businessman who drowned in his bath. Poirot, unaware of the letters or Pandy, is confronted by one recipient, Sylvia Rule, and finds another, John McCrodden, in his home. With help from Scotland Yard detective Edward Catchpool, he probes Pandy's secretive family.
Explanation of the novel's title
Poirot calls the case the mystery of three quarters because three of the four letter recipients are connected to Barnabas Pandy, while the fourth is not. He must determine the fourth person's relevance. To represent the four quarters, he uses a slice of Battenberg cake with one square separated from the other three.
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