Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes and no unwanted presents.
That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll kip the holiday altogether.
Theirs will be the only house on the street without decorations, a Christmas Eve bash or even a tree. Because come December 25th, they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise.
But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences – and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined . . .
It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a 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…
