Hercule Poirots jul

by Agatha Christie, Michael Alring (Translator)

Den excentriske og manipulerende rigmand Simeon Lee inviterer hele sin familie hjem til jul, selvom mange af dem ikke har set hinanden i årevis. Iblandt dem er der også et par stykker, som ingen i selskabet før har mødt, men ingen har nogen grund til at tvivle på hinandens identitet. Simeon har tjent sin formue i Afrikas diamantminer, og han har ikke skyet nogen midler for at opnå, hvad han vil have.

Denne jul indhenter hans fortid ham imidlertid, og inden familien har nået at slå sig ned i stuen nedenunder, hører de et skrig fra Simeons værelse. Da de endelig får mast døren op, finder de den gamle gnier livløs på gulvet med halsen skåret over. Det er op til Hercule Poirot at løse mordgåden, og så snart han kradser i overfladen af den pæne familie, falder facaden sammen og afslører et væld af motiver til mord.

267 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2017

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)