Murder in Mesopotamia
- 254
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Murder in Mesopotamia” is an engaging Poirot mystery whose setting, an archaeological dig of the 1930s, is half its charm. The story is told by a nurse summoned to calm a woman frightened by threatening letters, and the expedition’s members are drawn sharply enough to keep suspicion moving among them. Some readers miss Hastings as narrator, and some find the solution hard to believe and impossible to reach from the clues.
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About the book
Murder in Mesopotamia is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 July 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The cover was designed by Robin Macartney.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 202 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 16 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 186 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Murder in Mesopotamia?
It has 254 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Classics.
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