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Murder for Christmas and Three Other Great Mysteries
Murder for Christmas and Three Other Great Mysteries Author:Agatha Christie Murder for Christmas (Hercule Poirot, Bk 19) (also known as: A Holiday for Murder / Hercule Poirot's Christmas) — It's 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 wh... more »en 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
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, Bk 25) (aka Murder After Hours)
A mock murder, staged to tease the great detective, becomes reality, with the victim gasping the name "Henrietta" before dying in the swimming pool. Poirot's enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect -- and each a victim of love.
Murder in Retrospect (Hercule Poirot, Bk 24) (aka Five Little Pigs)
Amyas Crale had been famous as a painter...and infamous as a lover. His fiery wife, Caroline, had been as jealous as she was devoted. So naturally it was she who was tried and convicted for his murder. Now their daughter, Carla, presents the brilliant Hercule Poirot with the greatest challenge of his career -- to clear her mother's name by finding the fatal flaw in what, after sixteen years, appears to be the perfect crime!
Thirteen At Dinner (Hercule Poirot, Bk 8) (aka Lord Edgware Dies)
Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library a exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?« less