Appointment With Death

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...