Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47838 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-15
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

Synopsis
Away from home, Hercule Poirot finds that he cannot escape death, even when travelling across Mesopotamia, the Nile and Petra. This is a three-in-one omnibus of Murder in Mesopotamia, Death on the Nile and Appointment with Death , with a preface by Agatha Christie on the character of Poirot.

Customer Reviews

There are no spoilers in this review
Murder in Mesopotamia (2/5)
Despite the exotic setting, this is a rather dull country house mystery with a fanciful, and highly incredible, solution. Poirot's late arrival on the scene does not help matters and the only relief is provided by an interesting narrator.

Death on the Nile (5/5)
A beautiful Swiss watch of a novel, in which detailed plotting and compelling psychology combine to produce arguably the perfect example of an Agatha Christie mystery.

Appointment with Death (3/5)
This novel is briskly written, with some effectively chilling characterisation of the victim in the early chapters, but the denouement is rather weakly handled.

Poirot: The Orient
MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA: A woman found dead in her bedroom, she has been bashed on the head by a heavy object. A blood stain on the carpet and a strange floating mask. Everyone is suspect from the rather strange priest to the locals of Mesopotamia. Can Poirot work it out? DEATH ON THE NILE: An extremely rich dead young lady, a distraught, now disabled husband, a necklace of pearls and a 'splash'. Poirot must find the murderer quick but before he does so two others are killed. Has Poirot finally met his match? All takes place on a luxury boat on the Nile. APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH: A family controlled by the militaristic mother. A person disguised as an attendant and a leathal injection. Nothing is quite what it seems but will Poirot reach the right conclusion?
All 3 books are brilliant, each with its own wonderful individual twist. Agatha Christie at her best.