Genre: | Fiction |
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Language : | English |
Published: | October 31, 2019 |
Edition: | 5th |
Hardcover | |
ISBN13: | 9780008328955 |
ISBN10: | 0008328951 |
Pages: | 272 |
Dimensions: | 5.55 x 8.74 x 0.98 inches |
Weight: | 340.19 g |
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