A Holiday for Murder

Agatha Christie: A Hercule Poirot Murder Mystery. Originally published as "Murder for Christmas". From the inside front cover: Family Affair. Simeon Lee had been brutally murdered. The old man was worth millions. More than enough to make murder worthwhile-for any member of the family...Harry, black sheep of the Lee family, always managed to get plenty of money out of his father-but wanted more. David admitted he despised his father, but claimed he didn't care about the money. Pilar, Simeon's beautiful granddaughter, was out for all she could get-and didn't bother to hide it. Alfred, the devoted oldest son, found that virtue didn't pay-but maybe something else did. A Holiday for Murder. "Poirot has solved some puzzling mysteries in his time, but never has his mighty brain functioned more brilliantly."--The New York Times. From the back cover: Violent Night. It started when wealthy Simeon Lee called his sons and their wives together on Christmas Eve and told them he was drawing up a new will. It ended horribly a few hours later as his children sat around the dinner table-their meal interrupted by a blood-chilling scream coming from the old man's bedroom. For the visiting Hercule Poirot, it would be no Holiday from Murder!