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When Ms. Boynton is found dead of poisoning, there are so many suspects that it is nearly impossible to determine who might have been responsible. Only Hercule Poirot has the keenness of mind to untangle the stories of each individual and determine the true killer.A brilliant psychological mystery sprinkled with her trademark sardonic humor, Appointment With Death is pure Agatha Christie at her best.

Among the towering red cliffs and the ancient ruins of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only twenty-four hours to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalls a remark he overheard back in Jerusalem: " You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he had ever met.