Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Thank you to William Morrow for gifting me a review copy of Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie. I haven’t read very many of Christie’s novels yet, but I’m hoping to change that next year because I’ve really enjoyed everything that I’ve read so far!

This was a great, cozy mystery to read over the holidays. I loved the way Christie does ‘locked room’ style mysteries where you’re not only trying to figure out who did it, but how. Plus, the clues and details about each of the characters was so perfectly paced. I get annoyed when I guess the killer too early on in thrillers or mysteries but I didn’t know who did it in this one until right towards the end, so that was delightful.

This story does take place at Christmas time but it’s not an integral part of the mystery so I say read it at any time of year!

Synopsis:

In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder — and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case. The wealthy Simeon Lee has demanded that all four of his sons — one faithful, one prodigal, one impecunious, one sensitive — and their wives return home for Christmas. But a heartwarming family holiday is not exactly what he has in mind. He bedevils each of his sons with barbed insults and finally announces that he is cutting off their allowances and changing his will. Poirot is called in the aftermath of Simeon Lee's announcement.