Hercule Poirot's Christmas: Complete & Unabridged
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 | Product Details: Audio Cassette Release Date: 18 November 2002 Publisher: HarperCollins Audio ISBN: 000713973X Rating:   Sales Rank: 310650 | | Look for similar books by subject:
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| | Customer Reviews: Amazon's Misleading Cover Image (21 April 2008)I would urge buyers who wish a specific version of this book to beware the cover image Amazon display, as this is not the cover image they are supplying. Amazon, despite displaying the black-topped signature edition, substitute the book supplied for a newer version of the cover. For someone collecting a particular version this is a frustrating piece of mis-selling. Cheating (31 October 2007)This is a very enjoyable read, but has no-one else felt cheated by the revelation of the murderer's identity? Also I have always been less than convinced by the mechanics through which the crime was 'committed', (although the excellent adaptation of this story in the Poirot television series did make it appear more plausible.) A really good murder mystery (17 April 2007)Agatha Christie has done it again. This is the seventh Poirot book I've read and it's the best one so far. The whole story is really good from beginning to end I couldn't help but to keep on reading it till I completely finished it. The plot is really good and I was totally shocked at the identity of the murderer of Simeon Lee. If no one has got round to reading Hercule Poirot's Christmas then please consider it as the next book to read. Who knows, but maybe you could be hooked on this book as well. A cracking Christmas mystery (05 February 2005)Hercule Poirot is spending Christmas in the country with his friend Colonel Johnson, Chief Constable of Middleshire, and suffering terribly from the lack of central heaintg ("Nothing like a wood fire", says Colonel Johnson, but Poirot disagrees). Disagreeable wealthy old tyrant Simeon Lee is bloodily murdered in mysterious circumstances, and Poirot is called in to investigate. The house is full of Simeon Lee's put-upon sons and their put-upon wives, any one of whom might have had reason to do Simeon in, especially as he had just announced that he was about to change his will to include his beautiful young granddaughter Pilar, just arrived from Spain, whom none of the family had ever set eyes on before. The family are anxious to insist that the murder was an outside job, but Poirot is equally convinced that it was not. This is one of the best Poirot mysteries, with lots of interesting characters, especially the delightfuly vivacious, high-spirited and unconventional Pilar, and a cunning murderer to unmask. A real Christmas treat. Having depicted how the family members despise, hate, or resent each other up to this point, Agatha Christie next allows the investigations and theories to develop. Poirot is on hand, but she cleverly allows other police inspectors and investigators to do most of the work and make most of the mistakes. The solution is one you will never forget, but also one that you will probably never arrive at before Poirot reveals all. Agatha Christie is wonderfully clever at laying out all the clues in an arrangement that directs the reader away from the vital ones. Apart from a few lines of description, almost everything in the text is dialogue. To anyone in the world who has not yet read this 1940 mystery nothing more need be said. To those who are re-reading it, I suggest they notice how cleverly it is plotted and planned. | |
