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In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murderâ??and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .… (meer)
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Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Macbeth
Opdracht
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Dear James,
you have always been one of the most faithful and kindly of my readers, and I was therefore seriously perturbed when I received from you a word of criticism.
You complained that my murders were getting too refined – anaemic, in fact! You yearned for a "good violent murder with lots of blood." A murder where there was no doubt about its being murder! So this is your special story – written for you. I hope it may please,
Your affectionate sister-in-law,
Agatha
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Stephen pulled up the collar of his coat as he walked briskly along the platform.
Citaten
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Hercule Poirot, conscious of the draughts round his neck, thought to himself: "Pour moi, every time the central heating..."
In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murderâ??and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .
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De oude Simeon Lee nodigt al zijn nakomelingen uit om de kerstdagen op zijn landgoed te komen doorbrengen. Als Simeon Lee op kerstavond wordt vermoord zijn het dan ook de familieleden die het eerst van de moord worden verdacht. Ook door de beroemde Hercule Polrot, die toevallig in de buurt logeert.
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