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Murder In Mesopotamia

AuthorAgatha Christie

NarratorFull Cast

SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 14

Duration2h 20m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

Key StageKS4

PublisherBBC

VersionAbridged

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The brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot becomes involved in an unusual case after a member of an archaeological expedition is murdered at an ancient site in the Iraqi desert.

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