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Murder in Mesopotamia
by Agatha Christie
When Nurse Amy Leatheran is hired to care for the beautiful Louise Leidner at a remote archaeological dig in Iraq, she finds a community fraught with unspoken tension. Dr. Leidner is desperate to protect his wife from mysterious 'nervous terrors' that she refuses to fully explain. As the atmospheric pressure of the desert heat and personal rivalries builds to a breaking point, the arrival of Hercule Poirot becomes necessary to unmask a killer in their midst. It soon becomes clear that at Tell Yarimjah, murder is a habit that no one can easily escape.
- Pages
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- Reading time
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- File size
- 1.5 MB
- Published
- 8/17/2011
- ISBN
- 9780061749926
- Formats
- EPUB
When Nurse Amy Leatheran is hired to care for the beautiful Louise Leidner at a remote archaeological dig in Iraq, she finds a community fraught with unspoken tension. Dr. Leidner is desperate to protect his wife from mysterious 'nervous terrors' that she refuses to fully explain. As the atmospheric pressure of the desert heat and personal rivalries builds to a breaking point, the arrival of Hercule Poirot becomes necessary to unmask a killer in their midst. It soon becomes clear that at Tell Yarimjah, murder is a habit that no one can easily escape.
What you'll take away
- Follow the meticulous observations of Nurse Amy Leatheran in a unique first-person narrative.
- Explore the high-tension environment of an 1930s archaeological expedition in Mesopotamia.
- Analyze a closed-circle mystery where every member of the staff is a viable suspect.
- Watch Hercule Poirot apply his 'little grey cells' to a case involving suppressed evidence and psychological warfare.
- Uncover how personal jealousies and 'nervous terrors' can lead to a calculated crime.
