Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition – A Classic Festive Locked-Room Murder Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 19)

By Agatha Christie

In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case. “Poirot has solved some puzzling mysteries in his time but never has his mighty brain functioned more brilliantly than in Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.” —New York Times On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family’s festivities are shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs—in a locked bedroom—the tyrannical patriarch Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man, but which one of them turned a special occasion into an occasion for homicide? The suspects will indeed be stirring this Christmas Eve...

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Published Nov 9, 2021

304 pages

Average rating: 7.47

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raeallic
6/10 stars
Didn't see the end of the who-done-it coming! Good stuff.
Terpsichore
This was a fun romp with Poirot. Lovely mystery (what else do you get with Agatha Christie?) and light Christmas season reading. If you like Agatha Christie's work in general and her Poirot series in particular you'll love this one!
margardenlady
10/10 stars
As always-indubitable! And masterfully read by Hugh Fraser. Poirot is asked to consult in a case of murder at a manor house during the Christmas holiday. A cantankerous old man has summoned his adult children to his side and then ends up dead. Through some well placed questions and those famous little grey cells, Poirot solves the crime.
oh_let3
8/10 stars
christie and christmas, what's not to like?
CaitToTheLin
7/10 stars
Well I guess it isn't always the butler...... Sometimes it's the policeman!

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