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Appointment With Death
Among the towering red cliffs and the ancient ruins of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only twenty-four hours to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalls a remark he overheard back in Jerusalem: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he had ever met.Year: 1938
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: Middle East
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: Middle East
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot. Abdul, The Boyntons: Mrs. Boynton, Carol, Ginerva (Jinny), Lennox, Nadine and Raymond, Colonel Carbury, Jefferson Cope, Dr. Theodore Gerard, Sarah King, Mahmoud, Miss Amabel Pierce, Lady WestholmePublishing history
First published in 1938 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. Stage: Adapted by Agatha Christie, the play opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on March 31, 1945. Films: In 1988, EMI Pictures filmed the novel as a feature film, starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.Notes and reviews
The setting for the book was inspired by Agatha Christie's own visit to Petra in 1933.Murder methods:
One Poisoning.Multiple.
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