HerculePoirot\'sChristmas

My 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 Contents About Agatha Christie The Agatha Christie Collection E-Book Extras Part 1 December 22nd Part 2 December 23rd Part 3 December 24th Part 4 December 25th Part 5 December 26th Part 6 December 27th Part 7 December 28th Copyright www.agathachristie.com About the Publisher Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Macbeth Part 1 December 22nd Stephen pulled up the collar of his coat as he walked briskly along the platform. Overhead a dim fog clouded the station. Large engines hissed superbly, throwing off clouds of steam into the cold raw air. Everything was dirty and smoke-grimed. Stephen thought with revulsion: ‘W......