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When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after American archaeologist Dr Leidner’s wife Louise at a dig near Hassanieh she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties – she also has to help solve murders. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is visiting the excavation site but will the great detective be in time to prevent a multiple murderer from striking again?
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Near Perfect.......2007-08-24
I've recently reread Agatha Christie's "Murder in Mesopotamia". This is one of her best. Even knowing the solution I still enjoy the narrative and watching how she lays out the clues. Having Nurse Latheran tell the story is a nice change although I miss Capt Hastings.
One of the impressive features of this book is what Ms Christie does not include. There is just enough description of Iraq to set the atmosphere but not overwhelm us with local color. There is a bare minimum of archaelogical information when she easily could have piled it on. And thankfully she just not let Nurse Leatheran get involved in romances.
The plot is somewhat far-fetched but is definitely "fair play". The characters, especially the victim, have distict well-defined personalities. Hercule Poirot is pleasantly fallible, but fear not -- he does eventually arrive at the truth.
Bad narration almost spoil this one for me.......2006-08-28
I love Agatha Christie and I really like this particular story. It's a lot of fun seeing Hercule Poirot from the perspective of a totally different person, the nurse, Amy Leatheran. But the reader, Anna Massey, does a terrible job on some of the voices in this one. Poirot's French accent is so thick that you can hardly understand him sometimes. And in the last few chapters, that's a big problem, as it is almost exclusively told by Poirot. She does fine with the English voices, but since she's English, that's not very hard. Even the American voices are not quite right. If I hadn't really wanted to hear the story, I wouldn't have bothered with this recording.
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Atmospheric, Intricate, and Psychologically Complex.......2006-08-02
MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA has atmosphere and an intricate plot and is a fascinating psychological study. In these respects it is like Christie's DEATH ON THE NILE (also starring Hercule Poirot) - but unlike that classic it has no extraneous characters and subplots; it does have, however, the most engaging of Christie's first-person narrators, a nurse named Amy Leatheren. And for those mystery fans who relish the "gather everyone in a room for an explanation of the solution"-type denouement, MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA's is superb.
Another Great Classic.......2006-04-19
This is another one of those great classics. Easy and relatively quick to read. At first, I was a little worried about the approach of the book (the author pretends that a nurse with only simple writing skills wrote the book), but it actually is very readable. I couldn't put it down, and I was very surprised in the end, which rates highly for me when I read this sort of book.
Adventure and Murder in an Exotic Land.......2006-01-24
This fabulous mystery by Agatha Christie was written shortly before the more famous Murder on the Orient Express and has long been a favorite of mine. It outshines many of her other mysteries, in my opinion, because her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, sort of plays second fiddle to the wonderful atmosphere and a very likable heroine in Amy Leatheren. This is a fun journey for the reader, as entertaining a murder mystery as any in the genre.
Murder in Mesopotamia differs from many of her other mysteries in that it has much less of a drawing room feel than an adventure set in an exotic land where a murder occurs. The first half of the book almost has the feel of an M.M. Kaye mystery. Though one could not put Christie in the same class with Kaye in regards to romantic description of a time and place, there is certainly atmosphere to spare, and it is only when Hercule Poirot is introduced into the story that we see the classic elements of mystery fiction Agatha Christie helped perfect come to the forefront.
Amy Leatheren is a young nurse asked to accompany an archaelogical expedition to the middle east to look after Louise Leidner, the wife of the man heading the dig. She is supposed to be a nervous case, full of "fancies" and such. But what Amy finds is something quite different. It will bring about events leading to an adventure she will be asked to put down with paper and pen. Murder in Mesopotamia is her acount of the events that transpired.
Louise Leidner is a beautiful woman capable of both sweetness and offhand cruelty. And she is frightened. Just what she is frightened of is unclear. The team on the dig has been together a long time. On the suface it is friendly and familiar. But there is unrest just beneath the surface, an uneasiness that seems dangerous. Once Amy discovers the reason for Louise's fear, she is found brutally murdered in her bed. It has happened in such a manner and time that no one could have made Louise Leidner's fears come to fruition. But her crushed skull and lifeless body say otherwise.
There is a wonderful atmosphere here. From the Tigris Palace Hotel in Baghdad to Tell Yarimjah, from bazaars where people from various nationalities and backgrounds gather to tea and scones ovelooking the ruins, and to the inevitable murder, Christie makes the archaelogical expedition come alive. You really get a sense of people moving about in a passion to discover this Assyrian city like Niveveh, close to Hassanieh. You can see the beautiful and unusal Louise, almost asking to be murdered yet at the same time oblivious to the true danger that lies in wait.
It is only when the conveniently close Hercule Poirot is asked to help that the story becomes familiar. But even Hercule Poirot can not stop the fun, and it is only the few pages where he initially questions the suspects that seem slow. Soon young Amy Leatheren is acting as Poirot's helper, and to her delight and embarrassment, having the time of her life. There are both secret relationships and secret identities, and before too long, another murder. It is the second killing which will lead Poirot to the truth. Whether he can prove it, however, is another thing entirely!
Agatha Christie's second husband, Max Mallowan, was an archaeologist, and the two maintained a home in Baghdad. Christie's interest in this land and the history beneath it is quite evident in Murder in Mesopotamia. There are some complaints that the solution to Murder in Mesopotamia is too complicated and implausible. That is nonsense. This is a fun and atmospheric mystery read that is as enjoyable as anything Christie ever wrote. You will get lost reading this as I have, many times. It is murder and adventure in an exotic land, a famous detective with a likable heroine helping him out. No mystery lover can ask for more.
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Murder on the Orient Express: When a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks, the luxurious train is full-but by morning there is one less passenger. A man lies dead, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside...and it's up to Hercule Poirot to solve a seemingly impossible crime.
Murder In Mesopotamia
When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after an archaeologist's ailing wife at a dig, she's in for more than just nursing-she also has to solve a murder. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is also visiting the excavation site.
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A superposer summit is planned in Baghdad-and an underground organization plans to sabotage it. Into this explosive situation skips Victoria Jones, who yearns for adventure...and gets more than she bargained for when an agent dies in her hotel room.
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Sangre en la piscina (The Hollow)
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When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after American archaeologist Dr. Leidner's wife at a dig near Hassanieh, she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties. She finds herself in a compromising situation, to help solve murders. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is visiting the excavation site but will the great detective be in time to prevent a multiple murderer from striking again?
Description In Spanish: Amy Leatheran es enfermera y como tal es contratada para cuidar a Mr. Leidner, esposa de un famoso arqueólogo. Mrs. Leider padece una manía persecutoria que le produce alucinaciones y teme ser asesinada. La enfermera se traslada a Mesopotamia y se hace cargo de su paciente en un campamento, en medio del desierto iraquí, donde el marido dirige a un equipo de arqueólogos que trabaja en unas excavaciones. Las fantasías de la enfermera aumentan, pero nadie las toma en serio hasta que un día aparece muerta en su habitación.
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This collection of essays, written by Center for Court Innovation research staff, analyzes the impact of a broad range of problem-solving initiatives launched in New York State and nationwide over the past decade. Among the findings: judicially monitored drug treatment succeeds in reducing recidivism among addicted offenders; more than 85 percent of offenders at an experimental community court thought their cases were handled fairlya significant improvement compared to conventional courts; by linking mentally ill offenders to community-based treatment instead of incarceration, courts can help improve offenders functioning and reduce the likelihood of re-arrest. The book also includes overviews of the national research literature on drug courts and community courts; an evaluation of a new approach to teen dating violence; and an investigation of how problem-solving principles might be integrated more broadly throughout state court systems.
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SECOND IN THE "SIGN OF THE GREY WOLF" series.......2002-12-29
Burke Silentman becomes a living character in his story of Navajo Justice.
He is the top operative in the organization of Sign of the Grey Wolf -- headed by the much disguised "Handler".
He has been asigned to protect the author, Laura Santos from an unknown threat uncovered by Doug Begay.
Laura has a number of suspects for the break in of her house -- but what were they looking for? What about Ken Springer who does not want to take no for an answer. Is he a serious stalker?
Just what would Ken Maurer risk doing to keep his Center operating? Was Nicole Maurer in league with her husband or did she have other fish to fry?
Michael Enesco was frightening the elderly members of the Center with his reckless driving. What was his connection to Nicole?
Once again the big black dog, Wolf adds his humor to the situations and boy does he have sharp teeth. Go get 'em big fella!
Good moving pace - enough excitement to keep you wondering - although Silentmen talks too much for an undercover operation. And dippy do - PMS shows up - can't see where it enhances the story but that is just me. Hey guys, [intercourse] does not lead to love.
All in all, tolerable -- good while it lasts - recommended --M - needs more Indian potency.
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- Collection of artwork by Wolf that has a Superhero theme
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Naked Justice Volume 1
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ASIN: 0865620792 |
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The erotic artist Wolf has created a bizarre and juicy little fetish niche unlike anything before - superheroines in bondage! "Capes and kink" works for a growing legion of fans who just can't get enough of the nasty, nasty stuff! Horny apes, evil lesbians, maniacal mad scientists, all taking turns seeing just how much punishment these "so-called" super-types can really take! Fiendishly clever and expertly created, Wolf has pretty much cornered the market on this new form of entertainment.
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Collection of artwork by Wolf that has a Superhero theme.......2005-04-11
Adult black & white collection of superheroes in bondage (collection of drawing, not a graphic novel).
The front and back cover show what this book could have been like if the pictures had been in color (interesting pictures of superheroes or "innocents" in bondage scenes). The copyright page black & white drawing of two women shows what this book could have been like if the artist had drawn the rest of the pictures with that level of detail (quite good drawing) instead of the hasty "sketch" book approach Wolf took with the rest of the pictures (if you get the chance to see the back cover, then what I'm describing might be better illustrated, as the back cover involves two full-colored women leaning against a sketchy black and white drawing). The pictures are interesting, and some are drawn with slightly more detail and time, but most are quite sketchy, and interesting despite that approach being taken, but the hasty sketchy approach is annoying (in some of the pictures, the other characters are just outlines). Some of the pictures are linked, and tell a brief story, though there is not one coherent thread throughout the book (other than superheroes in bondage, or superhero villains tormenting the innocent).
Book contains single pictures and linked pictures (that tell almost silent stories), some of which are quite violent (at least in the sense that they imply that the character is in the process of dying or being cooked). Despite the mention of the hasty/sketchy appearance of many of the pictures, the book is interesting.
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Sequel to Touched by Magic
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The Jury System (Crime, Justice, and Punishment)
Robert V. Wolf
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- A true historical analysis of national security operations.
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Antiterrorist Initiatives (Criminal Justice and Public Safety)
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A true historical analysis of national security operations........2005-03-09
With an unvarnished look at history, and a insightful eye on the future, Dr. Wolf, has written a pragmatic and very readable reference work. Here is a well-documented exposé of deep thought on the strategic potentials and implications of threats and responses to homeland security. "Democratic societies must develop reliable and professional intelligence systems to furnish police and military personnel with the information they need to use proactive measures to control terrorism. Otherwise, the use of raw military force, regardless of the grave consequences of such action, could be the only legitimate option left to protect a free society from collapse." P. 117.
Antiterrorist Initiatives is likely to become a classic and an relevant reference for instructors, policymakers, and career intelligence officers, responsible for strategic, operational, and tactical homeland security affairs.
This is an expansive study that should be part of every intelligence officer's personal library.
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Capital Punishment: Crime, Justice, and Punishment (Crime, Justice & Punishment)
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