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Appointment with Death
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- Author
- Agatha Christie
- First published
- 1938
- Editions
- 111
- Subjects
- Belgians, Belgians in fiction, Fiction, Fiction inEnglish, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Detective and mystery stories
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Key facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Cover artist
- Robin Macartney
- Language
- English
- Series
- Hercule Poirot
- Genre
- Crime novel
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Publication date
- 2 May 1938
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
- Pages
- 256 (first edition, hardback)
- Preceded by
- Death on the Nile
- Followed by
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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Encyclopedic overview
Appointment with Death is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 May 1938 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 book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's experiences travelling in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. The main settings are Jerusalem and Petra.
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