Appointment with Death
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Appointment with Death (published in 1938) is a crime novel written by Agatha Christie.
Plot
Holidaying in Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot meets the detestable Mrs. Boynton, the cruel matriarch of the Boynton family. He, it appears, is not the only one who detests her, as he overhears someone saying: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" But when Mrs. Boynton is found on some ancient ruins in Petra, victim of a lethal injection, Poirot only has 24 hours to solve the crime. The suspects in this game of death include not only the Boynton family members, but a few outsiders who have got entangled due to their personal interests in one or the other person of the family.
Film versions
Appointment With Death (film) (1988)
Adapted as a play in 1945, and as a Peter Ustinov film in 1988. The stage adaptation is notable for being one of the most radical reworkings of a novel Christie ever did, not only eliminating Hercule Poirot from the story, but changing the identity of the killer. The film did not incorporate these changes, retaining the plot of the book.
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