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Just finished "Appointment With Death", by Agatha Christie. This was her 31st book, and was originally published in 1938.
Holidaying in Jerusalem, Poirot overhears Raymond Boynton telling his sister: You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed? Their stepmother, Mrs Boynton, is a sadistic tyrant who dominates her family. But when she is found dead on a trip to Petra, Poirot proposes to solve the case in twenty-four hours, even though he has no way of knowing whether it was murder.
This book, like several others, is based on Christie's travels in the Middle East with her archaeologist husband, Sir Max Mallowan.
An excellent book. The main location for the book of Petra really enhances the atmosphere. The book was made into a film starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot.
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