Emily Boynton, the stepmother of three children, blackmailed a family lawyer into destroying her late husband's second will, which would have freed the children from her control. She takes the family on a vacation to Europe and the Holy Land, where she meets her match in detective Hercule Poirot. After Emily is found poisoned to death, Poirot must unravel the complex web of motives and relationships to uncover the truth.
Appointment with Death
A brutal murder at an archaeological excavation in the scorching desert near the Dead Sea sets off a tangled web of deceit among the four adult children of a ruthless matriarch.
