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Author:	Agatha Christie
Subcategory:	Literary
Language:	English
Publisher:	Collins Crime; Greenway ed edition (August 1973)
Pages:	256 pages
Category:	Fiction and Literature
Rating:	4.1
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It retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It was published in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1939 under the title of Murder for Christmas.

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He looked into carriage after carriage. It was only three days before Christmas.

My dear James You have always been one of the most faithful and kindly of my readers, and I was therefore seriously perturbed when I received from you a word of criticism. He looked into carriage after carriage. Stephen Farr looked distastefully at the crowded carriages.

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Agatha Christie's Poirot - Feature Length. Entertaining Hercule Poirot story with David SUCHET as the famous Belgain detective and PHILIP JACKSON as Inspector Jaff. a list of 34 titles created 20 Nov 2014. There are many familiar ingredients in this tale, including that of a tyrannical patriarch who snarls at everyone (VERNON DOBTCHEFF) while guarding his diamond collection and taunting them about signing a new Will. Unfortunately, after inviting Poirot to join the Christmas gathering, he's murdered in a locked room and therein begins the investigation into members of the household-all of whom hate the bitter old man.

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The Lee family reunion is shattered by deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, Simon Lee lies dead with his throat slit. But when Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion.

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Kagda

Invalid Simeon Lee was a wealthy man – his lifetime accumulation of his wealth was well known; but he wasn’t a man who was liked, especially by his family. His eldest son, Albert and his wife had cared for the old man in the old mausoleum they called home, always doing the old man’s bidding. But when Simeon decided to call his sons and their wives home for Christmas, no one could know what was about to occur.

As the family gathered on Christmas Eve, the bickering and hatred flowed through the house. The summons from the sick room for his family to be by his side – then the demand that no one bother him until morning, was common place. But it would be the last time his family saw the old man alive…

Hercule Poirot joined the local police in their investigations – he was currently on holidays in London so offered his little grey cells. But would this one baffle him? It seemed that it would.

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas is another delightful mystery by Agatha Christie which fits nicely in the Christmas season. I thoroughly enjoy the little detective and his uncanny skills – he employs his little grey cells well. Recommended.

ME

It is Christmas 1938, as our fussy Belgian sleuth is aghast at the thought of a broken furnace in his posh London apartment. Reluctantly accepting creepy tycoon Simeon Lee's invitation for a case (and, yes, Lee's mansion has central heating, as Poirot must be assured), Poirot finds his first impression is correct: his new client is as greedy and despicable as they come. Soon after, with Poirot uneasily present as a witness, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Simeon proceeds to wretchedly enjoy taunting his three sons and their wives, plus an adult granddaughter, about changing his will again and showing off his vaunted South African diamonds. If anything, in the Lee family, hating patriarch Simeon and sponging off his vast wealth go hand in hand. Inevitably, later that night, old Simeon is found brutally murdered in his ransacked, locked study. No surprise, his diamonds have been stolen from the safe.

With a household packed with suspects (including a servant or two), Poirot and local cop Sugden have their hands full interrogating the Lee family (none of whom are actually grieving). The question remains: who ingeniously has the perfect alibi while still managing to slip away to viciously murder and rob Simeon before disappearing into thin air. Only some chance clues Poirot puts together reveals the solution (including a very personal motive). Unlike the generally faithful film adaptation starring David Suchet, the original novel doesn't drop broad hints and instead wisely leaves readers guessing until the very end. This is vintage Agatha Christie for the holidays.

Rating: 5/5 stars.

P.S. For a nice companion piece, look for Christie's short story "Theft of the Royal Ruby." It was then expanded into the novella, "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding," for anyone wanting to share another Yuletide treat with Hercule Poirot.

Orevise

Very quick read, I will say that. It's a very fast paced book that never slows down and I love Poirot books like that. It does kind of follow the typical plot layout - Introduction to the characters, The murder, Breaking down alibis and then catching the culprit but it's the journey there that makes it worthwhile. The cast of characters are very colourful and likeable and with a very unpredictable ending that you don't see coming, Those two things combine to make a fantastic mystery. Definitely a top 10 Poirot novel for me.

Lightbinder

One of my favorite Christies and one I haven't read in quite a while. I remember the cover of my old paperback had the gruesome image of a screaming, skeletal old man in chair surrounded by flying objects. Ugh. That's the main reason I gave the book away. The murder is one of Christie's more interesting, not to mention puzzling.

The story revolves around the Lee family. The Lee patriarch is the colorful, cruel, and charismatic Simeon, who sadistically toys with his children, none of whom have lived up to his expectations. Things come to a head one fateful Christmas when all of his surviving children converge for a nice family get together - the ever faithful Alfred, the eldest son and resident doormat, and his cool, elegant wife, Lydia; the rakish Harry, the family blacksheep (who always reminds me of George Sanders for some reason); miserly politician George with his much younger (and quite expensive) wife Magdalene; David, an artistic, overly sensitive Mama's boy who still mourns his mother and hates his father a passion; David's loyal, very motherly wife Hilda; and Pilar, the half-Spanish daughter of Simeon's only daughter, Jennifer, who passed away a year earlier. Also entering the mix is the mysterious Stephen Farr, son of Simeon's former business partner in South Africa. Then, of course, there are the servants, especially the very loyal, ever present butler, Tressilian, and the valet, Horbury, who is described by Magdalene as "Sneaking round like a cat and smirking.”

Once the family is assembled, old Simeon lets loose and tells them all what he thinks of them.

“You’re not worth a penny piece, any of you! I’m sick of you all! You’re not men! You’re weaklings—a set of namby -pamby weaklings. Pilar’s worth any two of you put together! I’ll swear to heaven I’ve got a better son somewhere in the world than any of you, even if you are born the right side of the blanket!”

His daughter-in-law Hilda tries to warn him:

"Hilda Lee said slowly: 'I’m afraid. . . .'

Simeon said: 'You’re afraid— of me?'

Hilda said: 'Not of you. I’m afraid— for you!'

Like a judge who has delivered sentence, she turned away. She marched, slowly and heavily, out of the room. . . ."

Of course, Simeon gets his comeuppance in a surprisingly dramatic and violent - for Christie anyway - manner. This is one of the more enjoyable Poirot outings and is really a lot of fun. The murderer is very surprising and Christie does an excellent job with the clues.

Very recommended.

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