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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007139736
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 000713973X
Label: HarperCollins Audio
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Audio
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: November 18, 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Studio: HarperCollins Audio

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
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.




Rating: - Unwrapped Malice
"Hercule Poirot's Christmas", originally published as "Murder for Christmas" contains Agatha Christie's bloodiest crime scene ever, a special treat for her brother-in-law. But it also contains perhaps one of her most ingenious and twisted solutions of any Hercule Poirot novel. This yuletide murder story is a perfect present for any Christie fan.

The Lee family, estranged and bitter, have been called together for Christmas by their father, Simeon Lee. While an invalid, Simeon still ... Read More

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Rating: - One of Christie's best and bloodiest murders
Of the several Christie mysteries that I have read, I must admit to being quite pleased with this particular novel. Christie dedicated this particularly this "good violent murder with lots of blood" to her brother-in-law, James. Of the ten main suspects, I had develeped definite ideas of the identity of the murderer. In his inimitable manner, the great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, considers the spatial and temporal facts in relation to the very important psychological characteristics of the ... Read More

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Rating: - Misleading Title
My main reservation was that this was rather a gloomy novel. It opens in a smoky, dismal train station and moves to a cold, gloomy estate home. There is also more blood than is usual in A.C. novels, which she did on purpose following a criticism from her brother-in-law. All in all, a clever plot (as usual), but not much to do with Poirot's Christmas or even Christmas in general. For a contemporary Agatha Christie-style mystery with all the Christmas trimmings, check out Christmas is Murder: A Rex Graves ... Read More

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Rating: - Entertaining Book
Our book club wanted a selection for the Christmas meeting and thus chose this Agatha Christie book. Although the subject matter was not in keeping with the season, it was an entertaining book, is light reading and goes fast.

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Rating: - Loved this book. Words are TOOOOOO small!
This is a great book. I love Agatha Christie. I'm not complaining about the book or the writing. The text is way too small. I'm hoping that in later editions of the book they actually use text that's readable. I would love to read more of the Christie catalog of novels but I can't read text this small. I'm a young guy in his late 20's and I have trouble reading these. Please make the text big enough to read in later editions. I've been seeing a taller paperback coming out in new books the last couple of ... Read More

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