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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “At an excavation site in the desert, 'Lovely Louise', wife of Dr Leidner, noted archaeologist, is ostensibly a victim of hallucinations and nervous terrors. Amy Leatheran, a trained nurse, is called in to assist with her... An amazing work. Through the eyes of Amy Leatheran (the narrator), young,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Blah! Turned out this murder mystery wasn't very mysterious after all. No suspense. I could have spent my time on another book.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Blah! Turned out this murder mystery wasn't very mysterious after all. No suspense. I could have spent my time on another book.”
Melissa wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this mystery fairly soon before beginning my quest to read all of Christie's mysteries in publication order, so when it came up again I wasn't terribly excited. I remember exactly who the murderer was, I remembered exactly how the murder was accomplished, and I even remembered most of the ancillary characters fairly well, including the primary red herring.
PhoenixFalls wrote this review Sunday, October 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
But from the first instants of Nurse Leatheran's narrative, I was glad I didn't skip it. Unlike Hastings, Nurse Leatheran is a real person from the instant she steps onto the stage, and that makes her a much more interesting narrator than Hastings ever was. She was always a character, rather than a caricature.
All of the other characters are well-drawn in this mystery as well. Yes, as always with Christie, Poirot can sum them up in a few sentences -- but those sentences were interesting ones for most of the people involved. No one's motives were exactly as the reader is led to assume, and the twist in the resolution is a fine one.
All in all, this is definitely one of the strongest Poirot mysteries. All it lacks is a little of the emotional punch that Christie developed later on in her career -- given that I might have considered it the equal of The Hollow.”
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Mind candy. Extremely well read by Anna Masey.”
Nicoline S wrote this review Saturday, October 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“I listened to this on CD read by Anna Massey. Nurse Amy Leatheran assists Poirot.”
Catherine R wrote this review Tuesday, September 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“She's hard to improve on.”
Margaret D wrote this review Saturday, August 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Interesting murder technique but chief plot device is rather a stretch.”
Quizling wrote this review Friday, August 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“one of my favorite mystries, i read it lot of times..dr.leadner, the leader of an american expedition excavating an ancient city in iraq.threatening letters sent to his wife by her ex husband seems to put her in a nervous condition.then a murder takes place and all the expedition members are suspected. here comes the famous hercule poirot to unsolve the mystry.”
eat k wrote this review Friday, October 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“not quite a racy thriller which i like to read.”
abhijeet wrote this review Wednesday, June 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Absolute Suspense Thriller...I Just Give A Gist.A Nurse Leatheran accepts an assignment at Hassanieh to look after Mrs.Leidner for her suffering bizzare vision and nervous terror.She lIves with her second Husband Mr.Leidner an archaeologist and his staffs. After Leatheran arrival, a few days later she is murdered.Hercule Poirot a famous detective arrives , plots his plans and solves the mystery..A Book To Be Read by those who are crazy about suspense thrillers.”
Srinathbadri wrote this review Friday, May 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
