Informationen zum Autor Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades. Klappentext In this official edition featuring exclusive content from 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 timebut never has his mighty brain functioned more brilliantly than in HerculePoirot's Christmas. New York Times On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family's festivitiesare shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailingscream. Upstairsin a locked bedroomthe tyrannical patriarch Simeon Lee liesdead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmospherenot of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reasonto hate the old man, but which one of them turned a special occasion into anoccasion for homicide? The suspects will indeed be stirring this ChristmasEve... Zusammenfassung In this official edition featuring exclusive content from 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 Poirot's Christmas . New York Times On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family's 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... ...

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Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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**In this official edition ****featuring exclusive content ****from the Queen of Mystery, **the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and 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
Poirot’s Christmas.” —New York Times

On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family’s festivities
are shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing
scream. Upstairs—in a locked bedroom—the 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...