Hercule Poirot's Christmas : A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

In this official editionfeaturing exclusive contentfrom the Queen of Mystery,the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murderand the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case.

Poirot has solved some puzzling mysteries in his time but never has his mighty brain functioned more brilliantly than in Hercule Poirots Christmas. New York Times

On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee familys festivities are shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairsin a locked bedroomthe tyrannical patriarch Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat 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 hate the old man, but which one of them turned a special occasion into an occasion for homicide? The suspects will indeed be stirring this Christmas Eve...