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Poirot - Appointment with Death (Masterpiece Edition Poirot) [Kindle Edition]

Agatha Christie (Author)
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Good reading, though it has the one Christie shortcoming - the final evidence contains matter of which the reader can have no knowledge. Again Hercule Poirot deduces his solution of the death of a hateful old American woman whose power complex is ruining her family. Conversations with the family and fellow tourists in the Holy Land give him his ammunition in 24 hours. Wind-up a bit gossamer. (Kirkus Reviews)

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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…

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 461 KB
  • Print Length: 228 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0425108589
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (14 Oct 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0046RE5FE
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #18,949 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Once again, the BBC does a stellar job on an Agatha Christie book, one of my favorites no less! John Moffat is perfect as Poirot! My only complaint is the music that opens and closes this production. It's too modern a take on middle-eastern music. I'm sure it was done on a synthasizer. Otherwise- top notch.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It seems that, though BBC TV are rapidly desappearing down the tubes, Radio 4 can still come up with the goods. That said, this is not the best Poirot story in their repatoire, although it's enjoyable all the same. The ending is ludicrous, but surprsing (the fault of Agatha Christie not of the writer) and it doesn't do such a good job of evoking the Middle Eastern setting as the wonderful adaptation of Murder in Mesapotamia did. Also, some of the acting is a little dodgy, most notably John Woodnut, who is miscast as Colonel Carbury.

That said, if you want to be transported to a world of mysterious old monuments and murder in the desert for an hour and a half, you could do much worse. Hugely enjoyable.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This Five disk set is well worth your money, you get so much more detail with the books than you do with the two hour TV shows with Six hours listening the unabridged Poirot is a joy to listen to.
Hugh Fraser is a great choice to read these books and if you like his voice he has a great gift for playing the different parts.
My only question is why did it take so long for someone to do away with Mrs Boynton!
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A classic of its kind
Appointment with Death is one of my favourite Christies. It perfectly represents what the best of her craft is: a clockwork plot, subtle clues, simple but effective character... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Jack Heslop
A good start, with a weaker ending
Poirot is on holiday in Egypt (again/still) and once again murder catches him up. Travelling with him are an American family led by a domineering old woman who keeps the rest of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. R. Johnson-Rollings
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
I chose this book to take on holiday with me to Jordan. The murder takes place in the great lost city of Petra and there are passing mentions of Amman and Jerash too so I got a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by iandliz
perfect for travelling but ....
after reading death on the nile in Egypt I read this in Jordan - once more it was a wonderfully evocative read, great to soak in the sights from yesteryear and get the atmosphere... Read more
Published on 10 May 2010 by Chris Miller
Terrific
This is a truly excellent adaptation of one of Christie's most colourful foreign travel books. The actual denoument is unlikely and Poirot's arrival at the correct solution seems... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Iain C. Davidson
Carole Boyd triumphs yet again
I've heard a lot of Carole Boyd's narration of other stories particularly Josephine Cox And wanted to hear her rendition of a Hercule Poirot mystery just out of curiousity ; I was... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2004
Same old format, but one of the better Agatha Christie
The usual formula from Agatha Chrisite: set the scene, interview the suspects one by one then reveal the culprit. Easy reading and engaging, but not exactly challenging reading. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2004 by G. Thulbourn
Standing in a Queue with a Gun in My Hand*
Appointment With Death is a flashy Ags novel from her classic period in the 30s, memorable mostly for the setting (Petra, the Rose Red City) and the character of the gross, fat,... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2003
Agatha once again beats me to the solution
Christie's most successful and popular books hold a pattern. Her writing subtely encourages you to suspect everyone except the real murderer, who you ignore. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2001
It keeps you hooked until the end
This was my first Christie book also - the writing is simple and straightforward and so you could turning the pages until you finished. Read more
Published on 2 July 2001 by rachelbrimble@aol.com
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