Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie is a classic lock-room mystery during the holiday season. The story follows the rich and tyrannical Simeon Lee, which collects the property of his family in his country's property for Christmas, brutally murdered in an impossible crime. With high moving stresses between the heirs, each hidden secrets and grudges, the Hercule Poirot's are asked to highlight the case. Festive atmosphere with Shilling Suspense, Christie gave a story of greed, family conflict and deception, concluding in one of the magnificent and unpredictable cuts of the Poirot.

245 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 10, 2025

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)

Reviews

[Kacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Christmas is equivalent to a beach read. I listened to this while wrapping presents, cleaning the house, and generally doing all the holiday things for my family. Typical Christie format with a little Christmas magic, this is a whodunit that kept me guessing till the very end.

[Sherri Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to start off the New Year. Haven’t kept up with reading mysteries for a while and I really enjoyed this one