Once again our detective is in the right place at the right time.
In this story he’s taken a trip to Petra as have an American family who
are under the tight reins of their mother/mother-in-law/step-mother.
This woman is very controlling and does not allow her grown children to
mingle outside the family. This inevitably happens during travel and
some feel it rather liberating while others are fearful of her wrath.
The family situation becomes known to the other tourists at the hotel
they are staying at and on their visit to Petra. This woman is quite old
and in poor health so when she’s found dead it’s debatable, briefly,
whether her health failed her or if her life was taken. With Poirot on
the case and murder looking like a certainty, it’s up to him to figure
out who, of the many who had motive, is the guilty one/s. I thought this
was one of the better in the series I’ve read so far, though not a
favorite. Because of the setting I was reminded of ‘Murder in
Mesopotamia’ and ‘Death on the Nile’, from the same series. So if you
are looking a mystery in an unusual place this would be perfect.
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