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Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)

Agatha Christie

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

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Jan 19, 2016 Kavita rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, golden-age-mystery, jordan

An American woman has her family bound to her through psychological torture. She enjoys tormenting people, and takes it out on her isolated family for amusement. But on a trip to Petra, she is exposed to the outer world, as are her family. Suddenly, one day, she is found dead. Though, nobody really cared for the woman, Hercules Poirot does not approve of murder. He sets out to find the truth.

I couldn't guess the murderer at all, though I kept pointing fingers at the different persons in the grou ...more

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Apr 23, 2016 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016, read-as-an-audiobook

This book wins the award for best over the top happy epilogue ever. The mystery was silly and strained credibility but I still enjoyed it completely.

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Feb 09, 2017 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing

Mrs Boynton and her family are staying in the same hotel as Hercule Poirot and he soon forms his own opinion of this dysfunctional family. Mrs Boynton is a tyrant and keeps her adult children dependent on her for money and treats them like slaves. She doesn't allow them to go and enjoy themselves away from her or to lead their own lives. By the time I'd read a couple of chapters I would have happily murdered her myself!

When she is found dead at the beautiful city of Petra almost no one is surpri ...more

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May 14, 2018 Pranit rated it liked it

Shelves: hercule-poirot

After a long run of a lot of Miss Marple’s stories, I switch back to a couple of Hercule Poirot novels. I enjoyed reading this one. I think this was one of the very first AC novels I had seen in my house. Although it is a nice story, but after reading countless AC novels, I had more expectations from this one.

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Jan 02, 2019 Lynnie rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-1980s, crime, golden-age-detective-story, read-in-2023

I always get this one mixed up with the one set in ancient Egypt - so avoided rereading it for years!

But now I have and it was just okay.

(read for readchristie2023: method and motive - hatred)

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