Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

Author: Agatha Christie

Crime & mystery

Published on 26 September 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Poirot' series

Paperback | 288 pages
195 x 130 x 19 | 186g

Agatha Christie’s seasonal mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.

But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, 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…