It 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&