Author | Agatha Christie |
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Cover artist | Not known |
Language | English |
Series | Hercule Poirot |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 19 December 1938 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 256 first edition, hardback |
Preceded by | Appointment with Death |
Followed by | Sad Cypress |
Hercule Poirot's Christmas is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 19 December 1938[1] (although the first edition is copyright dated 1939).[2] It retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).[2]
It was published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1939 under the title of Murder for Christmas.[3] This edition retailed at $2.00.[3] A paperback edition in the US by Avon books in 1947 changed the title again to A Holiday for Murder. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and is a locked room mystery. The premise is a family reuniting for Christmas, and they find the host of the gathering murdered in a private room.