In my views they are all have the Stockholm Syndrome a dependency to their ’captor’ emanated from years of manipulation and domination. Thirdly, the above description leads to what fascinates me most about the suspects. She dislikes her mother-in-law and tries to persuade her husband to run away from the house.
Whilst the rest is afraid of breaking away from the old woman’s dominance, Nadine remains unchanged. Except for the courageous Nadine Boynton (see The Most Fascinating Character). citizens, for the more important thing is the frightening aura of the deceased and its impacts to the individuals concerned. It matters less that the family is the U.S. Personally the psychoanalysis at length does not interest me much but the ‘showing, not telling’ principle Christie usually had in other books.Īlthough it is done in the spirit of giving readers hints regarding the motive for Mrs. Gerard about the Boyntons further on is a bit off-putting (despite their interesting remarks on the family). As it grips readers from the very beginning, the conversations between Sarah King and Dr. The opening is brilliant in which a brother and sister contemplate on the murder of their tyrant stepmother. I wonder if this book is the first of its kind, as I have read other books, which are published later ( Evil Under The Sun, 1940 and The Labours of Hercules, 1947). Secondly, crimes start to follow Poirot on his holidays. It was strange to understand that there had been a period of time when vigorous checks and controls were inapplicable and the political turmoil in Europe in the late thirties did not seem to touch the lives in the Middle East (except for the Beduin guide’s lashing out on Jews). I can’t help feel ‘twisted’ by the setting, for the two countries nowadays are segregated by many checkpoints, conflicts and the Israel settlements. Surely, the choice of places comes from Christie’s travelling to the East as a companion to her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan in the thirties. No sooner has he made out Raymond Boynton than he understands that the words the other say and is overheard is neither part of a detective plot nor a play.įirst of all, what caught my mind straightaway is the setting in Palestine and Jordan.
He appeals to his guest, the Belgian sleuth, to look into the case. His suspicion comes after the disappearance of his hypodermic syringe and a large quantity of digitoxin from his medicine chest on the day of the murder.Īs the deceased’s body is then brought to Amman, the curious fact interests Colonel Canbury, who is in charge of the local authority. Gerard, the circumstances could have been dismissed due to a natural cause – her suffering from the heart attack. When she is found dead in her chair on their second night in Petra, it seems to bring a great relief to everyone. Petra, the ancient city in Jordan – the setting for the novel.
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