About the book
The worlds greatest detective, Hercule Poirot legendary star of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.
CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS?
Its 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpools mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthias friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killers next victim, though she refuses to explain why.
Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else someone utterly ruthless also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot . . .