num_pages: 214
description: In A Holiday for Murder, also known as 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. This edition is part of the Bantam Agatha Christie Mystery Collection leatherette-bound set with gold emblems front and spine on dark navy texture, marbled inside papers, front and back. 
language: English
title: A Holiday for Murder
titlecomplete: A Holiday for Murder (Hercule Poirot, #20)
characters: Hercule Poirot, Coronel Johnson, Stephen Farr, Harry Lee, Magdalene Lee, David Lee, Alfred Lee, Hilda Lee, George Lee, Simeon Lee, Pilar Estravados, Jennifer Lee, Lydia Lee
genres: Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Christmas, Holiday, Fiction, Detective, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 73618
places: Gorston Hall
series: Hercule Poirot
publisher: Bantam Books