Victoria Jones was a shorthand typist, though she was actually out of a job more often than she was in one. Not only was she an indifferent typist, but she had an insatiable craving for excitement which often led her to choose drama at the expense of truth, a tendency which did not exactly fit her for ordinary office life. Owing to a slight difference of opinion with her latest employer, Victoria is again unemployed when fate quietly steps in. A chance encounter in some London gardens sets her off in pursuit - as she hopes - of glorious adventure. Baghdad by air, a post with a mysterious organisation called the Olive Branch, which exists for the betterment of world relations, three words uttered by a dying man, and Victoria is caught in the relentless toils of international intrigue, with evil, violence and deadly peril as her close companions.
'They Came to Baghdad' is Mrs. Christie's gayest novel and has all the well-known characteristics, plus a more than usually exciting background of mystery and intrigue." -- Inside cover.