Source: Murder in Mesopotamia
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Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in Mesopotamia is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 July 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00. The cover was designed by Robin McCartney.The book features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel is set at an archaeological excavation in Iraq, and descriptive details derive from the author's visit to the Royal Cemetery at Ur where she met her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, and other British archaeologists. It was adapted for television in 2002.
“A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.”
Source: Murder in Mesopotamia
“I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.”
Source: Murder in Mesopotamia
Dr Reilly
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
“I felt that the murderer was in the room. Sitting with us — listening. one of us”
Amy Leatheran
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
Amy Leatheran
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
Amy Leatheran
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
Dr Reilly
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
Context: Believe me, nurse, the difficulty of beginning will be nothing to the difficulty of knowing how to stop. At least that's the way it is with me when I have to make a speech. Someone's got to catch hold of my coat-tails and pull me down by main force.
