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Murder in Mesopotamia

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Murder in Mesopotamia (published in 1936) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It features Hercule Poirot.

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Hercule Poirot, visiting an excavation site in Mesopotamia joins forces with nurse Amy Leatheran, who has been hired to look after a paranoid woman who believes – possibly rightly – that someone is trying to kill her.

Trivia

The novel was inspired by Christie's own involvement with her husband, Max Mallowan's archaeological digs.

Film versions

Adapted in 2000 with David Suchet as Poirot.