![]() ![]() Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient. In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the great Hercule Poirot investigates suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site. There is only one way into her room, through the main courtyard, a very public place, and nobody saw anyone enter her room. Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery. The next day, Mrs Leidner is found dead in her room, having received a savage blow to the head. They are purported from her long-dead first husband but she suspects they are from his brother. It isn’t long before a murder interrupts the progress of the dig and Nurse Leatheran requests Poirot’s assistance. A short time after arriving the site, Mrs Leidner is spooked by a mask at her window, leading her to confide to Poirot that she is receiving death threats. Full of rich detail from Christie’s own travels in the Middle East, Murder in Mesopotamia sees Poirot on an archaeological expedition, not unlike those his author attended. The night before Poirot arrives one of the locals is murdered on the dig site. He is accompanied by his beautiful wife, her nurse - Amy Leatheran, his long-time archaeological partner - Richard Carey, his assistant - Anne Johnson, a priest - Father Lavigny, another archaeologist - Joseph Mercado, his wife and a team of local workers. The dig is being led by famed archaeologist, Dr Leidner. Hercule Poirot is in Baghdad, Iraq, to meet an old acquaintance when he is invited to a nearby archaeological dig by his old friend Captain Hastings. ![]()
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