Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller in a sumptuous Christmas hardback Special Edition.

<strong>'There is, at Christmas, a spirit of goodwill. People who do not <em>feel</em> amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to <em>appear</em> amiable! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour, <em>mon ami</em>, sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!'</strong>

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...