![]() anyone who isn't Poirot - as we journey alongside the detective through the various stages of the mystery. Like Christie's Hastings, Catchpool is a stand in for those of us of subpar intellect - i.e. Both are youngish, bland, easy-going as solid and welcoming as a good piece of toast. Catchpool is Hannah's creation, and at first glance he is made in the mold of an earlier Poirot sidekick, Captain Hastings. Fishlegs Ingerman.īut it is the sidekick in Kingfisher Hill - Scotland Yard's Inspector Edward Catchpool - who deserves your attention. Poirot is as great, if not greater than other superheroes who get franchises - Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker. Crime writer Sophie Hannah has taken over Agatha Christie's pen this is her fourth Poirot novel. ![]() The Killings at Kingfisher Hill is the latest in the Poirot franchise - and it does deserve the name of franchise in the best sense of the word. (And while I have never fantasized about being Poirot, I have more than once wished I was Miss Marple.) ![]() They are the lure, there is a reason they get top billing. ![]() Let me start by saying I mean no disrespect to Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. ![]()
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