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Disembodied hands and a "confused first-time Tinder user" from 1852 feature in a new book showcasing NZ's colonial-era photography.

Discover some of Christie's most chilling stories that take place in remote country houses

It is a season for sharing…books, that is?

There was a frantic pounding on the front door. Catchpool! Let me in, immédiatement! I had no idea why he was so agitated.

Our columnist recommends six new thrillers.

The Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is back and he has a brand-new mystery to solve. In the fifth novel by Sophie Hannah, Poirot has less than a week to use his little grey cells and solve a murder in time to celebrate Christmas.

Find out more about Sophie Hannah's five Poirot novels

Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to Christmas when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edward’s mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast so they all can be together for the festive period while he solves the case. The local constabulary’s investigation failed to uncover how someone could have entered a hospital room and killed him under the noses of the sta...

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Book reviews: "Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night," by Sophie Hannah, and other mysteries