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Poirot to return in new novel authorised by Agatha Christie's family

Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's much-loved fictional Belgian detective with the little moustache, pince-nez glasses and unmatchable"little grey cells", is to return in a new novel fully authorised by Devon-born Christie's family.

It has been announced that the new novel will be published worldwide in September 2014 and will be written by the British crime writer and poet Sophie...