Set in Iraq, this novel focuses upon a group of archaeologists and their spouses and our narrator, a nurse, has been employed to look after the wife of the lead archaeologist, Dr Leidner.

I can’t remember any specific moments within the novel to warn about but it has been a while since I read it so this is a general warning. Murder in Mesopotamia was my first Christie read of 2021 and (for once) I actually guessed who the culprit was! Christie made me doubt myself a couple of times, mainly because the theory was so far fetched, but I was right in the end.įirstly, although I feel like I say this in every single Agatha Christie review, please expect some racist language when you’re reading this book. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late… In a few days’ time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. Reproducing the original typesetting and format of the first edition from the Christie family's own archive, this book sports the original cover which has been painstakingly restored to its original glory.Summary: An archaeologist’s wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq… It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq something associated with the presence of ‘Lovely Louise’, wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner. With one spot of blood as his only clue, Hercule Poirot must embark on a journey across the desert to unravel a mystery which taxes even his remarkable powers! To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie.

Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder. When Amy Leatheran travels to an ancient site in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she has ever imagined.

Print Murder in Mesopotamia (Poirot Facsimile Edition)Ī facsimile first edition hardback of the famous Poirot book, with a strange death in the desert.

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