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OverviewAgatha Christie’s seasonal mystery thriller in a sumptuous Christmas hardback Special Edition. ’There is, at Christmas, a spirit of goodwill. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour, mon ami, sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!’ It is 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 when 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… Full Product DetailsAuthor: Agatha ChristiePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: HarperCollins Edition: Special edition Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9780008328955ISBN 10: 0008328951 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 31 October 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsTwice as brilliant as Death on the Nile, which was entirely brilliant Observer `You yearned for a good violent murder with lots of blood . So this is your special story - written for you.' Agatha Christie 'There is irresistible simplicity and buoyancy of a Christmas treat about it all' Times Literary Supplement Author InformationAgatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |