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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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Nov 30, 2015 BrokenTune rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed

4.5*

"You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?"

Mrs. Boynton is despised by everyone who meets her. Even her family. All of her children live under her thumb and it is easy to see how her manipulative tyranny make Mrs. Boynton one of the most despicable characters (view spoiler) in any Christie novel.

Poirot, having once overheard a conversation between two of the Boyton children, is resolved to investigate when a death occurs on a tr ...more

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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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Aug 11, 2019 Jill rated it it was amazing

Shelves: agatha-christie

Another reread for me, but really enjoyed it. The first time I read it Petra was just a place to me but this time I was able to look at it on the web, and imagine the setting. As usual Poirot is his conceited self, and works every thing out within a day this time.

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