The events chronicled in this narrative took place some four years ago. Circumstances have rendered it necessary, in my opinion, that a straightforward account of them should be given to the public. There have been the wildest and most ridiculous rumours suggesting that important evidence was suppressed and other nonsenseof that kind. Those misconstructions have appeared more especially in the American Press.

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It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig; something associated with the presence of 'Lovely Louise', wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner.

In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late...

Foreword by Giles Reilly, MD 9

Frontispiece 13

Introducing Amy Leatheran 17

Gossip 25

I Arrive in Hassanieh 31

Tell Yarimjah 45

First Evening 51

The Man at the Window 67

Night Alarm 79

Mrs Leidner's Story 89

Saturday Afternoon 101

An Odd Business 109

'I Didn't Believe...' 117

Hercule Poirot Arrives 125

One of Us？ 139

Poirot Makes a Suggestion 149

The Suspects 161

The Stain by the Washstand 171

Tea at Dr Reilly's 183

A New Suspicion 199

Miss Johnson, Mrs Mercado, Mr Reiter 213

Mr Mercado, Richard Carey 231

David Emmott, Father Lavigny and a Discovery 243

I Go Psychic 259

Murder is a Habit 273

Suicide or Murder 279

Next It Will Be Me！ 291

Beginning of a Journey 301

Journey's End 337

L'Envoi 349