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Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Author(s): Agatha Christie

Location(s): Jordan, Petra

Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery

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A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra…

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.

With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he’d overheard back in Jerusalem: ‘You see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?’ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he’d ever met…

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It is a real pleasure to read this wonderfully evocative read, great to soak in the sights from years ago and imbibe the atmosphere of travelling, all in the old fashioned way. – Eshtak...

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