Appointment with Death

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra-Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he-d overheard back in Jerusalem: -You see, don-t you, that she-s got to be killed?- Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he-d ever met-