Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)

Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
by Agatha Christie

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Author: Agatha Christie
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-30
ISBN: 1579126928
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

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Book Review: A Deadly Assignation
Summary: 5 Stars

Agatha Christie is well-known for the twists that are in her mystery stories, but should receive just as much renown for her psychological examinations within certain mysteries. "Appointment With Death" is much more the psychological study of a family and those involved with them, than it is with the murder at the heart of the story. Therefore, the novel is heavy on character development and motive for murder, and lighter in terms of mystery and crime.

Mrs. Boynton was a mental sadist, a woman who loved holding her family captive to her every whim and fancy, allowing them no freedom of thought or action. Enclosed in their own world and oblivious to any difference, a trip to Jerusalem finally makes her children aware of how miserable their lives are. Two of the children come to the conclusion that she must be killed, especially to protect the youngest child, but hardly know how to carry out the deadly act. So when their mother is found dead (and murder is believed) all of the children are immediate suspects to Hercule Poirot, but also among each other.

"Appointment With Death" is as fast-paced as any of Christie's other works. Hercule Poirot is more of a minor character until the latter part of the book when he pieces together all of the evidence to arrive at the truth of who killed Mrs. Boynton. The chapters in which he lays out motive and means for the innocence and guilt of each member of the Boynton family is both exhilarating and frustrating, but it shows the remarkable plotting that Christie had to explain the criminal elements in her books. While not the best Poirot mystery, "Appointment With Death" is an enjoyable read with plenty of motives to keep the reader guessing the identity of the culprit.

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Summary of Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)

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.

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