![]() When Amy questions the wisdom of Dr Leidner hiring a nurse for his wife when a bodyguard would be a more appropriate choice, he reveals that there’s a strong reason to believe that Louise herself faked the letters. The main cause of her distress is the series of anonymous letters seemingly written by her first husband, who was presumed dead until Louise started to receive threats discouraging her from marrying anyone else. Upon arrival, Amy finds Louise Leidner a woman of exceptional, magnetic beauty and charm who provokes intense reactions from the rest of the crew. For many years, his team has enjoyed an atmosphere of happy camaraderie, but now the mood has soured with the arrival of Mrs Leidner, whose presence has everyone on the edge and whose recurring fits of nerves worry her husband. This story is set in Iraq and is narrated by Amy Leatheran, a nurse who is hired by Dr Leidner, the head of an expedition digging up a large ancient Assyrian city. ![]() ![]() This novel was without a doubt influenced by Agatha Christie’s own experiences in the Middle East while accompanying her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. I pinned the deed on the wrong person the whole time I was re-reading the book and naturally, the ending had me gobsmacked. Memory is a funny thing I could remember the setting, the victim and the narrator of this Poirot mystery, but as it turned out my memory of the killer’s identity was completely off. ![]()
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