Collins, London, 1936
Saturday Evening Post, Nov.9-Dec.7, 1935
Dodd Mead, New York, 1936
Dedicated to
My many archaeological friends in Iraq and Syria
(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)
It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig; something associated with the presence of 'Lovely Louise', wife of celebrated archaeologist, Dr Leidner.
In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late...
Foreword by Giles Reilly, M.D.
1. Frontispiece
2. Introducing Amy Leatheran
3. Gossip
4. I Arrive in Hassanieh
5. Tell Yarimjah
6. First Evening
7. The Man at the Window
8. Night Alarm
9. Mrs Leidner's Story
10. Saturday Afternoon
11. An Old Business
12. 'I Didn't Believe ...'
13. Hercule Poirot Arrives
14. One of Us?
15. Poirot Makes a Suggestion
16. The Suspects
17. The Stain by the Washstand
18. Tea at Dr Reilly's
19. A New Suspicion
20. Miss Johnson, Mrs Mercado, Mr Reiter
21. Mr Mercado, Richard Carey
22. David Emmott, Father Lavigny and a Discovery
23. I Go Psychic
24. Murder is a Habit
25. Suicide or Murder
26. Next It Will Be Me!
27. Beginning of a Journey
28. Journey's End
29. L'Envoi