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...
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008255756Number of pages: 304Weight: 270 gDimensions: 178 x 111 x 19 mm
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Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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