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Appointment with Death

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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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…

©1938 Agatha Christie Mallowan; (P)2001 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Detective

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"Twice as brilliant as Death on the Nile, which was entirely brilliant." (Observer)
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Solid conclusion on a solid instalment. Certainly not the Dame’s best but with Hugh Fraser ‘s incomparable narration it’s still highly entertaining.

Masterful denouement!

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Here is a reader, an actor, whose performance deserves much credit. I look forward to further readings from you.

Hugh fraser A well done

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