Appointment with Death : A Hercule Poirot Mystery

from bookwoman247

Amidst a group that is touring the Middle East is a family, consisting of a malicious, domineering woman, her three adult step-children, her daughter, and her daughter-in-law. The evil old harridan controls every aspect of her children's lives, rarely even allowing them to interact independently ...

from SueinCyprus

A psychological thriller as much as a mystery. The deeply controlling Mrs Boynton is one of the most unpleasant and chilling characters I can remember. Set amongst a group of holiday-makers travelling in the Middle East, this has an interesting mixture of people, and some clever plotting. Hercule...

from DeltaQueen50

You could look at Appointment with Death as either an appropriate read, or a totally wrong read for Mother's Day as it deals with a monstrous mother whose chief joy in life is tormenting her children. In this offering by Agatha Christie we deal with the death of Mrs. Boynton, who along with her f...

from DeltaQueen50

You could look at Appointment with Death as either an appropriate read, or a totally wrong read for Mother's Day as it deals with a monstrous mother whose chief joy in life is tormenting her children. In this offering by Agatha Christie we deal with the death of Mrs. Boynton, who along with her f...

from P_S_Patrick

Poirot overhears a line of conversation out of his hotel windown in Jerusulam: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?". He doesn't know who is speaking, or who they are with, but he has a feeling that he will recognise the voice if he hears it again. The story centres around an Amer...