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

I hated this book to core.. one of the most boring novels.. and more disturbing is to find Buddha compared to the sadistic psychopathic villain ! "She had ridden down into this dark winding valley and here, like an arch priestess of some forgotten cult, like a monstrous swollen female Buddha, sat Mrs. Boynton..." How would one feel if someone writes "like a monstrous swollen female Jesus, sat Ms...more

I hated this book to core.. one of the most boring novels.. and more disturbing is to find Buddha compared to the sadistic psychopathic villain ! "She had ridden down into this dark winding valley and here, like an arch priestess of some forgotten cult, like a monstrous swollen female Buddha, sat Mrs. Boynton..." How would one feel if someone writes "like a monstrous swollen female Jesus, sat Ms Christie.. "?! I did not expect to see such a distorted malicious writing from one of the highly regarded authors.   hide

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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 Jer...more

Very solid Poirot. Not great, but a good time.