Hercule Poirot's Christmas Dan Simmons a gripping page-turner

a gripping page-turner

laced with adrenaline

the book includes descriptions of advanced mechanical techniques

Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time

should be required reading in the age of embeddedness

Hercule Poirot's Christmas Dan Simmons a gripping page-turnerIt is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, 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