Murder in Mesopotamia

Agatha Christie: Murder in Mesopotamia. A Hercule Poirot Mystery, by the author of Curtain. From inside the front cover: Diagnosis of Danger. The young woman stared at Hercule Poirot with something akin to horror. "But how could I be in danger? Who would want to murder me?" she asked incredulously. "You-or another," Poirot said, and she shivered despite herself at his tone. "But why?" she persisted. "Sometimes I joke, mademoiselle," said Poirot, "and sometimes I laugh. But there are some things that are no joke. There are things that my profession has taught me. and one of these things, the most terrible thing, is this: Murder is a habit...." As always, Hercule Poirot was right. But never before had he felt so helpless as the murders went on and on.... From the back cover: Digging for Death. The scientific party was probing secrets from the very dawn of history in the land of fabled Babylon. But one person among them-a beautiful, seductive woman who considered every man her prey-had an even darker secret in her past. Now she lay dead, her secret lay exposed, but her killer remained unknown, ready to strike again. It was then that the one and only Hercule Poirot was desperately summoned to the scene, to solve a case of ancient evil and modern terror, and unmask a murderer who seemingly struck from beyond the grave...