Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (published in 1938), also known as Murder for Christmas, is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
Plot
Christmas Eve. The bitter, feuding Lee family are reunited under one roof. Upstairs, a crash of furniture and deafening squeal is heard, before the family discover the family patriarch Simeon dead in a pool of his own blood. 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. The case is made all the more confusing by the fact that Lee was found dead in a locked room, the evidence is scattered throughout the manor, and several of the guests do not appear to be who they claim to be.
Preface
The novel is prefaced by the epigram from ''Macbeth, "Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?" xxx
Film versions
An adaptation was made for television in 1994, starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.
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