Murder in Mesopotamia (Miss Marple Mysteries)

by Agatha Christie

A strange death in the desert and Poirot might just be too late...

Amy Leatheran had never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. 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.

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...

• ISBN10: 000610939X
• ISBN13: 9780006109396
• Publish Date: 26 August 1971
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 15 May 1997
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 192
• Language: English

Reviews

[brokentune]

In Murder in Mesopotamia, Christie takes us again to a location she's very familiar with - an archaeological dig near Hassanieh, Iraq.

To go into the details of this Poirot story would spoil the read for some so I won't.

However, there is one question I have that has driven me nuts every single time I have read or re-read this book:

How did she not know?!?!?

[tellemonstar]

I liked this one. Definitely didn't see who the murderer was.