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Poirot Series Book 19: Hercule Poirot's Christmas

AuthorAgatha Christie

NarratorHugh Fraser

SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 19

Duration6h 8m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

PublisherW.F. Howes

VersionUnabridged

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It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture. 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 of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man...

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