Appointment with Death

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra¿Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he¿d overheard back in Jerusalem: ¿You see, don¿t you, that she¿s got to be killed?¿ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he¿d ever met¿