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Appointment with Death

Agatha Christie

  • 224 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1938
  • 111 editions
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1 About this book

Appointment with Death is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 May 1938 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.

The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's experiences travelling in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. The main settings are Jerusalem and Petra.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Private investigators
  • Private investigators in fiction
  • Mystery
  • Mystery & detective, traditional
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Belgians
  • Hercule Poirot

2 About Agatha Christie

1890–1976

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot (with the novel debut being The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920), Tommy and Tuppence (with the novel debut being The Secret…

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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