Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie

Name: Appointment with Death
Brand: Agatha Christie
SKU: 9780573110191
Rating: 3.58 (1298 reviews)

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Highlights

Large Cast

Female

Male

British Mystery

What readers are saying

Readers generally enjoy Agatha Christie's 'Appointment with Death', appreciating the psychological depth and engaging plot twists. Many praise the character complexity and suspenseful storytelling, often noting its divergence from the original novel. However, some readers find the changes from the book—especially the absence of Poirot and a different ending—to be less satisfying.

Engaging psychological complexityUnexpected plot twistsClassic mystery experienceChanges from the book disappoint some

Synopsis

An assorted group of travelers are staying at a Jerusalem hotel: Lady Westholme and her companion, a young English doctor and her French colleague, a debonair American and a pugnacious Lancashire man.

Another guest, Mrs. Boynton, is a domineering American invalid with four stepchildren whose facade of devotion masks enough hatred to murder her as could the doctor whose affection for Raymond Boynton is being obstructed by the old lady.

When Mrs. Boynton is found dead, all are suspects even though she was ill enough to die a natural death.

Just when the tension becomes unbearable, the doctor discovers essential evidence about Mrs. Boynton's devilish plan to possess and torment the children in death as in life.