I love a good mystery. I really love an Agatha Christie mystery, especially when it’s a Hercule Poirot mystery. “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” checked all the boxes for me:
- Agatha Christie mystery featuring her one and only Belgian detective
- Murder in a big old house
- Locked room murder
- Holiday murder — always more fun when it’s the holidays
The Plot
Ridiculously wealthy Simeon Lee has invited all his children, even those estranged, home for the holidays. Every family member has a secret and old Simeon has several secrets of his own as well. On Christmas Eve Simeon Lee is brutally murdered in his own bedroom and a fortune in uncut diamonds goes missing. Everyone has a motive.
Enter the infamous Hercule Poirot to solve not only the mystery of who murdered the elder Mr. Lee, but to unearth the location of the missing diamonds and unmask the suspects for who they really are. A case like this could only be solved by the meticulous Belgian detective and his “little grey cells.”
“The character of the victim always has something to do with his or her murder.”
This has to be one of my favorite Poirot quotes from this Christie novel.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” by Agatha Christie and recommend it to any lover of classic mysteries and/or the work of Agatha Christie.
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I loved this book too! You really cannot beat a good Christie. Bronte
I completely agree!
This is a great book, and possibly one of Agatha Christie’s best mysteries. She does some wonder POV (point-of-view) switches in telling the story which makes it very intriguing. Thanks for the great review!