This is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Peter Sallis as the great Belgian detective. Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more. Unable to disobey, the children gather uneasily and wonder what their father's intentions are. Does he want to clear up past misunderstandings or cause fresh mischief? Before they can find out, a deafening crash is heard overhead. Rushing upstairs, they discover a shocking sight: Simeon Lee is lying in a pool of blood, his throat cut. But it is the strangest thing - the door has been locked from the inside and there is no trace of the murderer. With so many possible suspects, it is lucky for Superintendent Sugden that the Chief Constable has his old friend Hercule Poirot staying with him. It seems to be an impossible case. But, as Poirot knows only too well, things aren't always as they seem.
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‘You yearned for a “good violent murder with lots of blood”. So this is your special story – written for you.’
Agatha Christie
'There is irresistible simplicity and buoyancy of a Christmas treat about it all'
Times Literary Supplement
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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 reason to hate the old man…
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 80 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.
‘You yearned for a “good violent murder with lots of blood”. So this is your special story – written for you.”
AGATHA CHRISTIE
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By L O'connor
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Hercule Poirot is spending Christmas in the country with his friend Colonel Johnson, Chief Constable of Middleshire, and suffering terribly from the lack of central heaintg ("Nothing like a wood fire", says Colonel Johnson, but Poirot disagrees). Disagreeable wealthy old tyrant Simeon Lee is bloodily murdered in mysterious circumstances, and Poirot is called in to investigate.
The house is full of Simeon Lee's put-upon sons and their put-upon wives, any one of whom might have had reason to do Simeon in, especially as he had just announced that he was about to change his will to include his beautiful young granddaughter Pilar, just arrived from Spain, whom none of the family had ever set eyes on before. The family are anxious to insist that the murder was an outside job, but Poirot is equally convinced that it was not.
This is one of the best Poirot mysteries, with lots of interesting characters, especially the delightfuly vivacious, high-spirited and unconventional Pilar, and a cunning murderer to unmask. A real Christmas treat.
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This book is wonderful, especially to read over the holidays, since it is set at Christmas. The characters are wonderfully developed, and I love how the key to solving the mystery was in the dialogue all along. I wish now that I had paid closer attention to the moustache that Poirot buys and the picture he has placed in his room. Double identity and a great plot twist at the end make this an enticing read.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Isn't it great to read one of Christies books for the first time and know you've found a real gem. Her clues and red herrings have led you to so many theories along the way that you've lost track, given up, admitted you're beaten. All you have left to do is read on where all will be revealed, and you know it's going to be worth the wait. That is how I was with this book. What a great story! A brilliant atmosphere, clues staring you in the face, and a solution that I couldnt have been more satisfied with. Who'd have thought.............well, that would be telling! If you are at all into her work, you are probably going to love this. I think it deserves to be more famous than it is.
Go on, read it! I defy you to work it out.
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Very good used book, added to my collection, to be read but can be sure it will be a good read
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THESE ARE SO GOOD FOR THE CAR ON A LONG JOURNEY SAW ON TELEVISION AND LIKED IT ALSO IN THE HOME
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gtreat story
great story very well read and great performance by cast u really believe u are there no need to turn the tape over easy relaxing listening expericence
Published 3 months ago by kenton
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Good but not her best
Predictable and too much exposition, still fun. She has done better, though this is still a fun read. I. Love her imagination
Published 3 months ago by Lord Moose
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Hercule Poirot's Christmas very hard to put down.Like Poirot very much. Trying to read all the detectives novels by Agatha Christie.
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Poirot - no mystery: just an awful book.
This was the first Agatha Christie I have read and I was looking forward to it as I knew that they were very popular. Read more
Published 4 months ago by littleemma
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A bit stressy for Christmas
I decided to read this over the Yuletide period but I'm not sure that was a good idea; when it's cold it's possibly nicer to read a book set in a hot clime; Death on the Nile... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. C. Morris
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Poirot's Christmas
Brilliant fun, listening to Poirot solve another mystery whilst driving to and from work! Everyone who got in the car and was shushed, asked to borrow it! Love it! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms. V. Burns
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Just as good as I would have thought
I have enjoyed listening to this story although have not finished it yet. I would recommend it to others as a good easy-listening cd.
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
I know The Murder of Roger Akroyd is supposed to be her masterpiece but for me this was Agatha at her very best. Read more
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