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Mystery · 1987 · PG

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie

A murdered miser on Christmas Eve. A family reunion. An impossible crime.

Christmas Eve, and the Lee family¿s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, histhroat 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 hatethe old man. . . .

For12+GenreMysteryLength256 pagesRead time~7.1 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Some

Multiple murders

Language

None

None

Sexual Content

None

None

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Mystery atmosphere

What this book is about

On Christmas Eve, tyrannical patriarch Simeon Lee is murdered in his locked study — his throat cut, a room destroyed. Poirot investigates a holiday mystery drenched in family resentment.

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Classic mystery; appropriate for older children and adults

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