Hi, everyone!
This week I bring you a new old book, by none other that the amazing Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie and it is Murder in Mesopotamia!
There is no specific reason for picking up this book, besides the fact that is a good detective fiction book and was waiting for a long time in my pile of books.
“An archaeologist’s wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq…
It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of ‘Lovely Louise’, wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner.
In a few days’ time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late…” description of Murder in Mesopotamia in Amazon.co.uk
Like it has been said in the description this book is with the Belgian, a little odd Mr. Hercule Poirot and his little grey cells. It’s amazing and like always I didn’t know the killer till the end. I’ll say that after the middle of the book, it had passed my mind that it could be him/she (just so we won’t have spoilers), but I was fooled and fell in the tricks of Dame Agatha. But that is what makes them so fun to read, because only if you have a truly genius and creative mind, you won’t find out.
I advise you, if you are actually challenging yourself to find out who is the murderer, which is no easy task, to write down on a piece of paper the persons that you think that may be, the little clues, etc…
It’s a good book to keep your mind busy, and since it’s not very long you will finish it very quick and wish for more. Never the less I have to say it’s not her best story and plot, if you really want a violent and quite mind-blowing book from her I will advise you “And Then There Were None” or a more soft one, but still with an excellent plot “Murder on the Orient Express”.
Going back to the book of this post, you can really see that Agatha transfers her own experience in living in an excavation site and knowing personally people who lived that life, like one of her husbands, the archaeologist Max Mallowan.
In a place of dirt and old findings, remote and with few people, you still find the black side of humanity and complex minds that will keep you from putting the book down.
If you’re already a fan or just want to try for the first time the roads of the world of crime, I advice you to pick up this book… It’s a good way to continue or start your addiction on Agatha Christie.
Lots of love,
Paradise of Words
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