'You yearned for a "good violent murder with lots of blood". So this is your special story - written for you.'- Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller in a sumptuous Christmas hardback Special Edition.
'There is,at Christmas,a spirit of goodwill. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour,mon ami,sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!'
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...
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008328955Number of pages: 256Weight: 360 gDimensions: 222 x 141 x 25 mmEdition: Special edition
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Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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