Hercule Poirot's Christmas

By Agatha Christie

Book #20 in the Hercule Poirot series

A family reunion turns deadly. Can Poirot uncover the killer among them?

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304 pages

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Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall is shattered by murder. The tyrannical Simeon Lee is found dead, his throat slashed in a locked room. Hercule Poirot steps in, navigating a web of suspicion and hidden motives. Each family member had a reason to despise the patriarch, but who turned festive cheer into a deadly affair? As tensions rise, Poirot must unravel the truth before the killer strikes again. Will he solve the mystery in time, or will the secrets of the Lee family remain buried?

From the publisher

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 TimesOn 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…

At a glance

Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Audience: Adult
Lexile: ~720L

Themes & topics

Books about Christmas Books about culture Books about death Books about violence Books about law and crime

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“My first Agatha Christie read. Do they all follow a very similar structure? A group of people. A murder. Poirot starts to meet with everyone, investigating. Another murder/attempted murder as the net tightens. Everyone gathers for Poirot to identify the murderer? The key to the murder being an obscure rubber toy that squeals like a pig bladder that no modern audience knows about undercut the satisfaction of the ending.”

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