"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock..." These were the words that Lady Playford said at the dinner with Hercule Poirot, Edward Catchpool the Scotland Yard officer and her whole family with employees. But before I tell you who all these people are and what shock awaits them, let me tell you about the book in general. It is called the Closed Casket and although it has Agatha Christie's name on the cover, the book was written by Sophie Hannah. She is a New York Times bestselling author of the Monogram Murders, a book that I will read next, probably. Now, my opinion of the book may be biased. It is something I cannot prevent from happening because detectives are the best books in the world! The plot is about a Playford family. They are rather peculiar. For example, the mom of the family is a children's author of detective books. Her not-so-smart son Harry and selfish daughter Claudia both have romantic partners. Lady Playford invites everyone to dinner where she announces shocking news... Her secretary Joseph Scotcher, an invalid with weeks left to live, has inherited all the money and houses. Everything, which leaves Harry and Claudia penniless. That same night, sorry for my spoiler, Scotcher was killed. As the police and Hercule Poirot start their investigation, Poirot starts wondering if Lady Playford actually expected a murder. Looking at the circumstances and that her kids were infuriated, we can understand why she expected a murder to occur. But as it turns out later, she was expecting a murder to happen to her, not to anyone else. Soon, we understand why and who would want to make an attempt on the life of Lady Playford. Many truths are being revealed to the world, and some of them are not pretty. I liked the book, but I wished that they talked about the major problem in the end. The mainest problem was: why did he keep pretending all this time? I am not saying names at all so that nobody assumes nothing. But those who read will understand. The Closed Casket does not reveal the biggest secret of them all, excusing itself with "the character who knew or could guess why this kept happening is dying and will be dead in a few minutes." That is the part I was waiting for the whole book! I mean, it was key to all the problems there were, it was their cause. I will switch topics a bit right now, because I am sure not everybody understands who I am referring to in the book. But if I were Sophie Hannah, I would write something about the problem described. Overall, I had a good reaction to the book. I mean, if I could, I would read a detective every day. That would beat my current record of 120 books in 1 year. Damn...