Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

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Summary: Excellent archaeological mystery
Review: Christie sets this engaging mystery at an archaeological dig. Narrator Amy Leatheran, a nurse sent to care for Louise Leidner, doesn't believe her charge's tales of being in danger -at least, not until Louise is found dead. Who killed her? Her late ex-husband, who may not be dead after all? His brother? Another archaeologist who was in love with her? Once Poirot begins to investigate, most of those present on the dig turn out to have motives, or possible motives.

Hercule Poirot solves the mystery, which is well-done, but the interplay between the characters is equally engaging. Christie was fabulous at seeing, and describing, the social interactions between people. One of my favorite Christies and highly recommended.

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Summary: Excellent archaeological mystery
Review: Christie sets this engaging mystery at an archaeological dig. Narrator Amy Leatheran, a nurse sent to care for Louise Leidner, doesn't believe her charge's tales of being in danger -at least, not until Louise is found dead. Who killed her? Her late ex-husband, who may not be dead after all? His brother? Another archaeologist who was in love with her? Once Poirot begins to investigate, most of those present on the dig turn out to have motives, or possible motives.

Hercule Poirot solves the mystery, which is well-done, but the interplay between the characters is equally engaging. Christie was fabulous at seeing, and describing, the social interactions between people. One of my favorite Christies and highly recommended.

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Summary: Slow Paced, Not Witty, and Implausible Premise
Review: I love everything Agatha wrote (well, more or less), but this book is far from her best. It drags, as other readers have mentioned, and the Christie wit is less pronounced than usual. Worst, the premise is probably her most dubious. Remarry a former spouse and not recognize him? Not likely.

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Summary: Among the 10 best books by AC
Review: I must admitted that the pace is a little bit slow. However, I think that Agatha had created the most wonderful idea of the "Locked Room Murder". Although somebody says that Agatha just wrote "too many" books, in my opinion, she had unique ideas in nearly every novel. You will have another touching experience after finishing this book.

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Summary: Became one of my favorites!
Review: I read this book for the first time yesterday, and it immediately became one of my favorites. It takes place on a dig somewhere outside of Bagdad. It is told my Amy Leatheran, a nurse who is asked to be a companion to one of the people at the site. The tone and manner of this narrator makes for a fun read. I also liked the perceptions of a young, independent woman, as we don't normally see that in Christie's works. We see Hercule Poirot as a more minor character, which is interesting to me.

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Summary: Became one of my favorites!
Review: I read this book for the first time yesterday, and it immediately became one of my favorites. It takes place on a dig somewhere outside of Bagdad. It is told my Amy Leatheran, a nurse who is asked to be a companion to one of the people at the site. The tone and manner of this narrator makes for a fun read. I also liked the perceptions of a young, independent woman, as we don't normally see that in Christie's works. We see Hercule Poirot as a more minor character, which is interesting to me.

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Summary: Another Masterpiece From The Queen Of Crime
Review: I'm a big fan of Agatha Christie mysteries, and I've read most of the popular ones (Murder On The Orient Express, Death On The Nile, Evil Under The Sun, and so on). I've also read many lesser known ones, and some of them, I've found to be quite good (Five Little Pigs, Murder On The Links, Towards Zero.). Others, however, I've found to be not so good (Cards On The Table, Sparkling Cyanide, Third Girl, Dead Man's Folly), so when I saw that A&E was making a movie of "Murder In Mesopotamia", a book I'd noticed many times in book stores, but never had enough interest in to pick up, I decided to go out and buy it before the movie was shown. I was a little worried, as I had no idea what to expect from this novel. I'm very pleased to say I was surprised. The book was great.

It's in a very interesting setting, an archaeological expedition near Iraq. The characters are varied and colorful, from the talkative and somewhat annoying Bill Coleman to the deep and mysterious David Emmott, the catty and deceitful Mrs. Mercado to the somewhat manly Miss Johnson. And not to mention the one and only Hercule Poirot!

But the real star of the book is Nure Leatheran. She replaces Hastings as Poirot's assistant, as well as the narrator, and you'll soon find yourself feeling like the nurse is a close friend of yours, simply telling you something that happened to her while she was over in Iraq.

The victim is Mrs. Leidner, wife of the famous archaeologist. There are many different opinions as to her character: some believe she's a scheming, power-hungry woman. Other think she's wonderful. But one thing everyone agrees upon is that her looks are stunning. But lately, Mrs. Leidner has been scared to death due to a number of annonymous letters threatening to kill her. Few people take it seriously, until she's found bludgeoned to death.

Then, the race is on to find a killer! And it's an urgent race indeed, for as Poirot says, "murder is a habit." But can even Hercule Poirot catch a murderer amongst the expedition staff, before the true killer finds a second victim? There's only one way to find out. Pick up Murder in Mesopotamia.

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Summary: Very slow and un-interesting
Review: In school I had to read Murder in Mesopotamia as an assighnment. I found that it was very boring and it soon lost my interest. In the book there is a murder. In the end the end it is very suprising when you find out who the murder is. Over all I would not reccomend this book to people who are seeking a book with action.

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Summary: A book in which you'll feel all the feelings.....
Review: In this book, you'll feel thrilled, devastated, fondness, fear, suspicion, hatred, curious and even more....

You'll feel thrilled when the genius Hercule Poirot solves the mystery....

You'll feel devastated when a character you have learned to love is brutally murdered....

You'll feel fondness for the main characters Nurse and Hurcule Poirot as well as the suspects....

You'll feel fear when someone is discovered sneaking about the grounds and again when you realize that unless the murder is solved, the person whose viewpoint we have will be the next victim...

You'll feel suspicion against all the characters as M. Poirot interrogates them....

You'll feel hatred against atleast two of the characters, the conceited, spoilt daughter of the doctor and again against the unknown murderer....

You'll feel curious as did Nurse when she snooped around for the littlest clue which might help M. Poirot....

And of course, as you read the bo

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Summary: Good , but wasn't enough fast-paced for me
Review: Just finished this book.... I really liked the psychological aspects Poirot addressed, but I think the story would have been better if you could have seen more of what the expedition was like before the murder. I like how Christie's books always supprise you at the end when she reveals the murderer(usually the last person you guess!) My favorite books by her are "N or M" and "They Came to Bahgdad" Read them!