![]() ![]() Leidner could be nice to some people and mean to others. Instead, we get the nurse and others telling Poirot how Mrs. ![]() Leidner is a study in contradictions, sure, but it should’ve been possible to show the reader more of her behavior in the early chapters. ![]() The author is successful enough by now that she’s allowed to break writing rules, but “Mesopotamia” could’ve used more “show” and less “tell.” Mrs. I admit I didn’t solve the case even with Christie nudging me to play along. Leidner and others – so it’s a good time to be deliberate. Poirot is holding the reader’s hand via Amy.īut “Mesopotamia” is reasonably complex – including vast backstories about Mrs. Noting that this is one of those “psychological” cases, Poirot interviews the dozen or so residents/suspects one by one, then later thinks about them one by one - using the narrator, Nurse Amy Leatheran, as a sounding board. Settings: Hassanieh, Iraq Tell Yarimjah, Iraq 1933 ![]()
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