When Simeon Lee, a wealthy and tyrannical patriarch, summons his estranged family to Gorston Hall for Christmas, tensions simmer among his resentful relatives. On Christmas Eve, a horrifying crash and scream echo through the house. Breaking down the locked door, the family discovers Simeon brutally murdered—his throat slashed, furniture smashed, and diamonds vanished. With snow cutting off the estate, everyone present is a suspect. Fortunately, Hercule Poirot is staying nearby and takes on the baffling case. As secrets, forged identities, and buried family hatreds emerge, Poirot unravels one of Christie's most ingenious locked-room mysteries in a shocking conclusion.
