Murder in Mesopotamia
Dedicated to
My many archaeological friends in Iraq and Syria
UK
Collins, London, Jul. 1936
Women's Pictorial, Feb.8-Mar.28 1936 as 'No Other Love'
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1936
The Saturday Evening Post, Nov.9-Dec.14 1935

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS should be read before MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Plot

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...

Contents

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

Films & TV

Murder in Mesopotamia, ITV/UK, 2002
Agahta Christie's POIROT VIII

UK/US covers

Collins / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead and Company

Dell Books

Pan Books

Penguin Books

Berkley Books

other publishers

Western Europe covers

Meurtre en Mésopotamie

French index

Le Masques (#283) 1939

Club des Masques (#28) 1967

Le Livre de Poche (#4716) 1976

other publishers

Moord in Mesopotamie / Moord in Mesopotamië

Dutch index


Mord in Mesopotamien

German index


Northern Europe covers

Mord i Mesopotamien

Swedish index


Mord i ørkenen / Mord i Mesopotamien

Danish index


Hvem skrev til Louise?

Norwegian index


Murha Mesopotamiassa

Finnish index


Morð í Mesópótamíu

Icelandic index


Mõrvad Mesopotaamias

Estonian index


Slepkavība Mezopotāmijā

Lettish index


Žmogžudystė Mesopotamijoje

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Non c'è più scampo

Italian index


Asesinato en Mesopotamia

Spanish index


Assassinat a Mesopotàmia


Morte na Mesopotâmia / Crime na Mesopotâmia

Portuguese index

Morte na Mesopotâmia


Crime na Mesopotâmia


Έγκλημα στη Μεσοποταμία / Μια κραυγή αγωνίας / Φόνος στη Μεσοποταμία / Θάνατος στη Μεσοποταμία

Greek index

Έγκλημα στη Μεσοποταμία


Μια κραυγή αγωνίας


Φόνος στη Μεσοποταμία


Θάνατος στη Μεσοποταμία


Ubistvo u Mesopotamiji // Убиство у Месопотамији

former Yugoslavia index


Ubistvo u Mesopotamiji

former Yugoslavia index


Ubojstvo u Mezopotamiji

former Yugoslavia index


Umor v Mezopotamiji

former Yugoslavia index


Убиство во Месопотамија

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Vražda je zvyk

Slovak index


Vražda v Mezopotámii

Czech index


Gyilkosság Mezopotámiában // Ne jöjj vissza...

Hungarian index


Убийство в Месопотамия

Bulgarian index


Morderstwo w Mezopotamii

Polish index


Crima din Mesopotamia

Romanian index


Убивство в Месопотамії

Ukrainian index


Убийство в Месопотамии

Russian index


Murder in Mesopotamia


Middle East & Asian covers

მკვლელობა მესოპოტამიაში

Georgian index

Mezopotamya'da Cinayet // Gece Gelen Ölüm / Mezopotamya Cinayeti

Turkish index


Mesopotamiyada Qətl

Azerbaijan index


Սպանություն Միջագետքում


הנדון למוות - ברח

Hebrew index


جريمة في بلاد الرافدين / جريمة بين الآثار / جريمة في العراق

Arabic index

جريمة في بلاد الرافدين


جريمة بين الآثار


جريمة فى العراق


جريمة في العراق


بواعث الجريمة


قتل در بین‌النهرین / جنایت در شب

Persian index

قتل در بین‌النهرین


جنایت در شب


(Tamil) வாடிக்கையாய் சில கொலைகள் / (Marathi) मर्डर इन मेसोपोटेमिया

South Asia index


মার্ডার ইন মেসোপটেমিয়া / মার্ডার ইন দ্য মেসোপটেমিয়া

South Asia index


මෙසපොතේමියාවේ ඝාතනය / කැණිිම් බිමේ වැළලිි නොගිය අබිරහස

South Asia index

මෙසපොතේමියාවේ ඝාතනය


කැණිිම් බිමේ වැළලිි නොගිය අබිරහස


Pembunuhan di Mesopotamia

Indonesian index


ตอนฆาตกรรมในอาหรับ / เงื่อนฆาตกรรม / ฆาตกรรมในอาหรับ

Thai index

ตอนฆาตกรรมในอาหรับ


เงื่อนฆาตกรรม


ฆาตกรรมในอาหรับ


Vụ Án Mạng Ở Vùng Mesopotamie

Vietnamese index


美索不達米亞謀殺案 / 古墓之谜 / 美索不達米亞驚魂 / 美索布达米亚奇案 / 美索不达米亚寻踪

Chinese index

美索不達米亞謀殺案


古墓之谜


美索不達米亞驚魂


美索布达米亚奇案


美索不达米亚寻踪


メソポタミヤの殺人 / 殺人は癖になる / メソポタミア殺人事件

Japanese index

メソポタミヤの殺人


殺人は癖になる


メソポタミア殺人事件


메소포타미아의 살인 / 메소포타미아의 죽음 / 메소포타미아 살인 / 메소포타미아의 연속살인

Korean index

메소포타미아의 살인


메소포타미아의 죽음


메소포타미아 살인


메소포타미아의 연속살인