![]() Boynton, who takes an inordinate amount of pleasure in tormenting everyone around her, including the unfortunate Lady Westholme. In part, this stems from the nature of the book’s true villain, Mrs. This is one of those books whose plot and conclusion I remember clearly from my time reading it as a teenager. Threatened by the old woman’s threat to blackmail her, she poisoned her and then, hearing Poirot reveal the truth, she shoots herself, though the papers report that it was an accident. No, that honor fell on the British MP who happened to be with the group, a Lady Westholme who, it turns out, was an inmate in the prison that Mrs. As it turns out, however, none of her family had the wherewithal to actually do the deed. Eventually, however, her corpse is discovered, and Poirot sets out to solve the mystery. Boynton, who exercises such a powerful force of control over both her stepchildren and her daughter that it’s nothing less than a miracle that she isn’t killed right away. ![]() ![]() There, Poirot crosses paths with the Boynton family, led by the domineering tyrant Mrs. ![]() This is one of those Christie novels in which the action takes place outside of England, in the fabled city of Petra (located in contemporary Jordan). In this week’s installment of “The Pleasures of Poirot,” I want to talk about one of my favorite mystery novels, Appointment with Death. ![]()
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