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Author: [British] Agatha Christie
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The novel begins with the murder of the detestable Mrs. Bonneton, whose body, like a fat and strange Buddha statue, sits motionless on the towering red cliffs of Petra. The tiny needle marks on her wrists are the only signs that she was injected with a fatal dose. There are only 24 hours to solve this mystery, and Hercule Poirot recalls the casual remark he overheard in Jerusalem: "She will definitely be killed, don't you see?" Indeed, Mrs. Bonneton was the most detestable woman he had ever encountered. On the towering red cliffs of Petra, the body of Mrs. Bonneton, like a fat and strange Buddha statue, sits motionless. The tiny needle marks on her wrists are the only signs that she was injected with a fatal dose. There are only 24 hours to solve this mystery, and Hercule Poirot recalls the casual remark he overheard in Jerusalem: "She will definitely be killed, don't you see?" Indeed, Mrs. Bonneton was the most detestable woman he had ever encountered.