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The 1930s · Iraq, 1930s

Murder in Mesopotamia

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At a dig in Iraq, the expedition leader's wife lives in fear

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Quick recap

Nurse Amy Leatheran is hired to look after Louise Leidner, wife of the leader of a dig in Iraq. Louise is terrified: she's getting threatening letters that seem to come from her first husband, thought killed in the war. Soon she's found dead in her room, her head crushed, though no one crossed the courtyard. Poirot is passing through and takes the case, with the nurse narrating. Another member of the expedition dies from drinking acid. Poirot reveals the killer is her husband, Dr Leidner, who was her first husband under a new identity. He killed her by dropping a heavy stone from the roof through her window.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesThe real dig

    Christie met her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan, at the dig at Ur. The victim was inspired by Katharine Woolley, wife of that expedition's leader.

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  2. ChangeHastings tags along

    In the book nurse Amy Leatheran narrates, and Hastings is nowhere to be seen. The 2001 ITV episode brings Hastings to Iraq with Poirot.

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