After The Funeral | Agatha Christie | kharidobechobooks

After the Funeral (also published in the US under the title Funerals are Fatal) is one of Agatha Christie's most brilliantly plotted mid-career family mysteries. [1]

The story begins following the sudden death of the wealthy patriarch Richard Abernethie. While his passing initially seems routine for a man of his age, his eccentric sister Cora waits until the family gathers for the reading of the will after the funeral to blurts out: "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it? But he was murdered, wasn't he?" [1]

The family dismisses her words as a harmless outburst, but the very next day, Cora is found brutally murdered in her home with a hatchet. Suddenly, her extraordinary remark takes on a terrifying significance. Realizing that anyone in the greedy, dysfunctional family could be trying to protect a dark secret, the family attorney desperately turns to Hercule Poirot. The brilliant detective must dissect a web of false identities, hidden inheritances, and domestic grudges before the killer strikes again