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Appointment with Death audiobook

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrator: Hugh Fraser
  • Category: Crime, Fiction
  • Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: July 03, 2012
  • Language: English
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Appointment with Death Audiobook Summary

The unstoppable Hercule Poirot finds himself in the Middle East with only one day to solve a murder in the classic Agatha Christie mystery, Appointment with Death.

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her.

With only twenty-four 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. . . .

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Hugh Fraser is the narrator of Appointment with Death audiobook that was written by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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Appointment with Death Full Details

Narrator Hugh Fraser
Length 5 hours 57 minutes
Author Agatha Christie
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 03, 2012
ISBN 9780062229427

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The publisher of the Appointment with Death is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Crime, Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the Appointment with Death is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062229427.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Ahmad

January 29, 2022

Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot #19), Agatha Christie Appointment with Death is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. The novel opens as the family and the victim are introduced through the perspective of Sarah King and Dr. Gerard, who discuss the behaviour of the family. Mrs. Boynton is sadistic and domineering, behaviours which she may have carried over from her original profession of prison warden. Sarah is attracted to Raymond Boynton, while Jefferson Cope admits to wanting to take Nadine Boynton away from her husband, Lennox Boynton, and the influence of her mother-in-law. Having been thwarted in her desire to free the young Boyntons, Sarah confronts Mrs. Boynton whose apparent reply is a strange threat: "I’ve never forgotten anything – not an action, not a name, not a face." When the party reaches Petra, Mrs. Boynton uncharacteristically sends her family away from her for a period. Later, she is found dead with a needle puncture in her wrist.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: در سال2001میلادیعنوان: ملاقات با مرگ؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: جمشید اسکندانی؛ تهران، روایت، سال1372؛ در474ص، عکس؛ چاپ دوم سال1374؛ موضوع داستانهای پلیسی و کارآگاهی از نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده20معنوان: ملاقات با مرگ؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: رویا سعیدی؛ تهران، شهر کتاب، هرمس، کارآگاه، سال1380؛ در259ص، عکس؛ چاپ دوم سال1384؛ شابک9647100507؛ چاپ سوم سال1387؛ چاپ ششم سال1397؛ شابک9789647100502؛در اردوگاهی پژوهشی، در «اورشلیم»، خانواده‌ ای به نام «بوینتون» اقامت دارند، که همسر و رئیس خانواده، آقای «بوینتون» رئیس پروژه ای پژوهشی باستان‌شناسی است؛ رئیس خانواده «لیدی بوینتون»، زنی مستبد، و شکنجه‌ گر است، که فرزندانش قصد دارند، ایشان را بکشند؛ اما پیش از آنکه آنان اقدامی‌کنند، وی به قتل می‌رسد؛ «پوآرو» که در زمان قتل، در همان‌جا بوده، این ماجرا را، پی‌گیری و قاتل را می‌یابدهرکول پوآرو، برای گذراندن تعطیلات، به «اورشلیم» می‌رود، و در هتل «سلیمان» اقامت می‌کند، و در شب اول اقامتش از پنجره‌ ی مجاور چیزی می‌شنود، که توجهش را جلب می‌کند؛ یک نفر با صدایی آهسته و مرموز می‌گوید: «ولی باید او را بکشیم؛ می‌فهمی؟» «پوآرو» نخست گمان می‌کند این جمله بخشی از اجرای نمایشنامه یا داستانی است؛ ولی سپس متوجه می‌شود که گوینده ی این جمله را با غیظ و هیجان عجیبی ادا کرد؛ از دیگر میهمانان هتل، دکتر «تئودور ژرار» است، که یک روان‌شناس نامدار «فرانسوی» است، و «سارا کینگ» که دانشجوی پزشکی است، و تعطیلاتش را در «ارض موعود» می‌گذرانده، و مهمتر از همه طایفه «بوینتون» که بزرگ خانواده آنها خانم «بوینتون» است، زنی خودخواه و سلطه ‌جو که دکتر «ژرار» او را کابوس زنانگی می‌داند؛ خانم «بوینتون» که زنی چاق و خیکی است، یک گوشه نشسته و از حرکت عاجز است – و بی‌شباهت به مجسمه کج و کوله «بودا» نیست – و مثل عنکبوت گنده ‌ای است با یک تار بزرگ؛ قربانیان او فرزندان و بستگان سببی‌ اش هستند که همه اسیر بیرحمی و سلطه‌ جویی و شرارت اویند؛ تاثیر ناگوار اخلاق او را، در رفتار فرزندانش نیز بخوبی می‌توان دید، که همه آشکارا یا نهان از او متنفرندنقل از متن: (میفهمی؟ او باید کشته شود، این جمله در گوش هرکول پوآرو طنین انداخت، و در مقابل چشمان او، در هیئت شبحی سرگردان درآمد، از پنجره بیرون لغزید، چند لحظه ای در هوای تاریک معلق ماند، سپس همچون پرنده ای به سوی «بحر المیت» پر کشید، و در دل شب ناپدید شد.)؛ پایان از فصل اول ترجمه خانم «رویا سعیدی»؛تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 14/11/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 09/11/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Anne

November 15, 2022

It was a complete accident. Really.The gist is that a nasty old woman who terrorizes her family gets bumped off and Poirot ends up on the case. Everyone is a suspect. And since Agatha Christie is known for using unreliable narrators and murderers to tell her stories, you suspect even the people who are seemingly working to help Poirot find the killer.There is a clue in this one that might let you eliminate a few suspects and put you on the right track to whodunnit. But, personally, I wasn't sure till Poirot told me who did it and why. I always think that's part of the fun. The thing that stood out to me in Appointment with Death was how long it took to finally knock the old lady off. Usually, the victim dies within the first chapter, but this time around you're stuck with this horrid old bat for the majority of the story. She's one of those people who is just a complete waste of a human being. Serving no higher purpose than fulfilling her own obnoxious desire to manipulate and dominate anyone weaker, she has cruelly brainwashed her own children to the point that even as adults they don't have the ability to leave or tell her no.Needless to say, by the time someone does her in, you're good and ready for it. This was my first time reading this one and that's always a treat. I don't remember hearing much about Appointment with Death before, and I'm not sure why. Then again, she's written so much stuff that it's kind of easy to just focus on the super famous ones. I'm hoping I can dig up a lot more gems like this one by the time I'm done with my Christie Mystery binge.Recommended!

daph pink ♡

January 08, 2022

Agatha Christie Book Reading ChallengeBOOK 31 :- JUNE 20214.25 STARS

Gabriel

June 12, 2022

Buenísimo y muy bien armado. La reina Agatha Christie lo ha vuelto a hacer.Con seguridad digo que esta es una de las historia de Christie que más me ha mantenido interesado de principio a fin y también una de las que más juega en los últimos capítulos con la lista de sospechosos, porque aseguro que cuando las pistas apuntan a uno y crees que ya las cosas están sobre la mesa, luego pasas a otro sospechoso y crees que es ese y luego a otro y a otro... y así, hasta que al final Poirot tiene la gran bondad de decir en realidad lo que pasó, quién fue y porqué lo hizo.Con este caso me la pasé inventando mil y un escenarios posibles, a cada uno le podía encontrar razones para cometer el crimen (especialmente a los integrantes de la familia). Porque a ver, con semejante señora tirana de la que dependían económicamente y que sobretodo les prohibía y no les permitía socializar con nadie fuera de su círculo para posteriormente manipularlos todo el rato. Así cualquiera en un momento fuera de sus cavales lo hace. Y es que cualquiera de ellos tenía motivos de sobra para ponerse manos a la obra, principalmente por conseguir libertad en todos los sentidos y ya no tener que vivir bajo su yugo.Por favor, es que lo recomiendo bastante. Que grandioso caso el que ha creado aquí la reina del crimen. Adictivo, te mantiene en duda hasta el final y aseguro que es casi imposible que alguien acierte y sepa quién fue el culpable. De hecho, este es uno de los casos mejor armados, con varias pistas de dudosa procedencia, con alguna que otra discrepancias e incoherencias con detalles por parte de Poirot que son fundamentales para darse cuenta hacia dónde apuntan sus extrañas preguntas y comportamientos con los testimonios que dan los sospechosos. Y aunque el crimen solo pase hasta la mitad del libro que es cuando el detective belga por fin hace su aparición permanente dentro de la historia, no creo que esto eche para atrás si los últimos capítulos valen la pena y los personajes te mantienen interesado.

Simona

January 03, 2018

“They have been in prison so long that, if the prison door stands open, they would no longer notice!” It was rather frustrating to have to wait more than 100 pages for the murder to happen, but oh, it was so worth it. Poirot's final dénouement was particularly appreciated. And I'm so ridiculously glad they all had their (view spoiler)[happily ever after (hide spoiler)], in the end.This time around, the queen of crime did not disappoint at all.

Nandakishore

April 05, 2017

This is one of my personal favourites.An obnoxious old woman, Mrs. Boynton (who used to the warden of a women's jail) has kept her daughter and stepchildren in psychological bondage for their whole lives: she gets her kicks from exercising control over other human beings. Obviously, they wouldn't mind if somebody murdered her.Well, what's hoped for happens. In the Red City of Petra where the family is on tour, Mrs. Boynton is discovered dead with a puncture mark on her wrist, sitting outside a cave on the mountain trail. And - as is the norm with Christie - any of her children could have done it.But unfortunately for the murderer, Hercule Poirot is also part of the tour party...-------------------------------This story is exquisitely plotted: there is no dependence on coincidence. As usual, the emphasis here is on the personality of the victim. If we follow the clues diligently as Dame Agatha provides them from the first chapter onwards, or if we correctly interpret the ten important points Poirot notes down, the identity of the murderer is obvious. But we won't. We will be flabbergasted at the end, when Poirot reveals all, how simple it was.A challenge to armchair detectives: concentrate on the character of Mrs. Boynton, mull over the points Poirot notes down, and try to guess the murderer before all is revealed.

Dina

July 16, 2022

Creo q es el mejor de Agatha que he leído hasta la fecha y como de costumbre no he adivinado al asesino…

Cherie

May 01, 2020

Well, old Aggie did it again. I was unsuccessful at solving whodunit. Poirot gave a rather long narration explaining his murder solving reasonings and calculations, I felt it went on too long, so minus 1 star. I felt it was  convoluted in some areas, but overall I enjoyed it.

Bill

July 25, 2021

The Boyntons are a strange family. Unlike the other guests in their Jerusalem hotel they all seem unhappy & nervous. Old Mrs Boynton seems to have a strange hold over all of them. When the old lady is found dead little Belgian detective Hercule Poirot sets out to find if it was murder & (if it was) who committed the crime. This is a pretty straightforward Agatha Christie novel, but I really liked the solution which once again I failed to solve. My only criticism was that Christie could have made a lot more use of the exotic location than she did.

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