After the FuneralThe master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly and his sister is convinced it was murder. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say: Its been hushed up very nicely, hasnt itBut he was murdered, wasnt he? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule

A man as yet unpunished

And why do other people hate him so much

which are not that heavy

Its influence spans Europe and will draw him towards the very edge of the known world

so she's on the next train to London

Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option

From the bestselling author

working out of the Paris office of Ropners Bank

' Anthony Horowitz‘This exquisite novel took me over like a haunting

self-pitying drunk

destroying his ability to sleep

People will open in the Lyttelton Theatre in a production directed by the National's artistic director Nicholas Hytner