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Mystery Book Club

"Hercule Poirot's Silent Night" by Sophie Hannah
2024-12-11 14:00:00 2024-12-11 15:30:00 America/New_York Mystery Book Club Celebrate the holidays by joining us in-person or by zoom to share your love of mysteries and to discuss Sophie's Hannah's 2023 holiday mystery featuring Hercule Poirot. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Burke Virtual Room, Meeting Room

Wednesday, December 11
2:00pm - 3:30pm

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Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library

Burke Virtual Room, Meeting Room

Celebrate the holidays by joining us in-person or by zoom to share your love of mysteries and to discuss Sophie's Hannah's 2023 holiday mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s "Murder on the Orient Express," "Death on the Nile" and "A Haunting in Venice" – puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.

CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS?

It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why.

Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else – someone utterly ruthless – also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot . . .

Mystery Book Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month from 3:30 to 5 PM.  It is a monthly book discussion group through the Burke Branch Library. Please note that the discussion will take place on the first Wednesday of this month. Please note that the group will meet at 2 PM in-person or by Zoom in December. 

This program will take place in-person and by Zoom this month. After registering, you will be e-mailed the link to join this Zoom meeting. If you have questions about the program or need help with set up, please contact Caroline at cpak@alexlibraryva.org.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | mystery | historical fiction | crime | christmas | agatha christie |

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