she is alive - as a result, he learns about her first marriage and the letters she received from her directly, and not through Amy. Joseph Mercado's drug addiction is much stronger in tone - he murders his supplier before Poirot arrives to see the dig site, and later commits suicide out of guilt. Raoul Menier and Ali Yusuf are not identified when the theft of artefacts is exposed. Both men are also not arrested; Poirot mainly informs Captain Maitland to have the border posts keep a look out for them. Radio Michael Bakewell adapted Murder in Mesopotamia for BBC Radio 4, featuring John Moffatt as Poirot. Graphic novel Murder in Mesopotamia was released by HarperCollins as a graphic novel adaptation on 1 July 2008, adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by "Chandre" (). This was translated from the edition first published in France by Emmanuel Proust éditions in 2005 under the title of Meurtre en Mésopotamie. Publication history 1936, Collins Crime Club (London), 6 July 1936, Hardcover, 288 pp 1936, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), Hardcover, 298 pp 1944, Dell Books (New York), Paperback, (Dell number 145 [mapback]), 223 pp 1952, Pan Books, Paperback, (Pan number 200) 1955, Penguin Books, Paperback, (Penguin number 1099), 219 pp 1962, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback, 190 pp 1969, Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, Hardcover, 367 pp; 2007, Poirot Facsimile Edition (Facsimile of 1936 UK First Edition), HarperCollins, 5 February 2007, Hardcover; The book was first serialised in the US in The Saturday Evening Post in six instalments from 9 November (Volume 208, Number 19) to 14 December 1935 (Volume 208, Number 24) with illustrations by F. R. Gruger. In the UK, the novel was serialised as an abridged version in the weekly Women's Pictorial magazine in eight instalments from 8 February (Volume 31, Number 787) to 28 March 1936 (Volume 31, Number 794) under the title No Other Love. There were no chapter divisions and all of the instalments carried illustrations by Clive Uptton. Several character names were different from the eventual published novel: Amy Leatheran became Amy Seymour while Mr and Mrs Leidner were surnamed Trevor. References Bibliography External links Murder in Mesopotamia at the official Agatha Christie website Murder in Mesopotamia at The Home of Agatha Christie website G W Thomas Autobiographical aspects of Murder in Mesopotamia retrieved 21 April 2012 1936 British novels Hercule Poirot novels Works originally published