欧宝娱乐

Not especially Christmas-y. <--for those of you looking for a seasonal read



The gist is that Poirot is staying with his friend Colonel Johnson during the holiday. As they discuss the particulars of a case they were both involved with (Three Act Tragedy), a knock sounds on the door.
What can it be other than news of a brand new murder just asking to be solved?!



A nasty (but rich!) old coot has just been found dead in his study.
There are signs of a struggle, but it's really the fact that his throat had been slit that impresses upon the local police that he probably didn't die peacefully in his sleep.
Whodunnit?



Well, due to his sadistic personality, almost everyone in the house would have gleefully stabbed him through the eye just for the sheer joy of it.
Unfortunately, he had just called them in for a meeting, told them they were all useless pussies, and announced that he would be changing his will to...what? Disinherit them? Give all his money to a charity for orphaned cats? He didn't say.
But his family knew him well enough to assume it meant nothing good for them.
To top it all off, he had just spoken with a local police officer hours before his death about his suspicions that someone in the house had stolen some uncut diamonds from his safe.



So. With so many suspects under one roof, it's up to Poirot to unravel the mystery of the life and death of a terrible human being.
That said, I love it when you aren't at all sad that someone got murdered. It makes it more fun (for me) to read about the mystery when you are almost rooting for the murderer a little.

Recommended!