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Book Review of Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, Bk 18)

Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, Bk 18)
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"You see don't you, that she's got to be killed?" These were ominous words for Hercule Poirot to overhear on his first night in Jerusalem. And when a holiday tour of the Holy Land ends abruptly with murder, the words come back to haunt the legendary detective. The victim, Mrs. Boynton, had taken such pleasure in inflicting misery on her own family that everyone else on the tour had watched in horror as the tension built. Many people had a motive for murder...but the question is: Which one was desperate enough to kill? (Also a movie starring Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, and David Soul).