Iraq is a country in western Asia. Locations mentioned in stories are Baghdad, Basra, Hassanieh and Tell Yarimjah.
Iraq and Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie visited Iraq several times. When visiting the excavation of the ancient city of Ur in 1928, she met Max Mallowan (her future husband) for the first time.
Iraq in the works by Agatha Christie
Several works by Agatha Christie/Mary Westmacott takes place in Iraq.
- Absent in the Spring (1944)
- The Gate of Baghdad (1933)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1934) (Mary Debenham had been working in Baghdad)
- Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
- They Came to Baghdad (1951)
Iraq in fictional accounts of Agatha Christie
- Death in a Desert Land (2019) by Andrew Wilson
- Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019) by Tom Dalton and Sam Yates.