Death on the Nile

Hercule Poirot Investigates

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Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (2005, HarperCollins Publishers)

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-06-085752-3
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4 stars (1 review)

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway ( Linnet Doyle) had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, rich and beautiful. A girl who had everything... until she lost her life.

Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed...

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4 stars

This story took an unusually long time to build up to the crimes, by which point we had thoroughly developed all the players on the stage. That is probably why I felt confident about the outcome and was ultimately proven correct! This is only the second time I've figured it out before the reveal, so I'm quite happy about that.

The setting was interesting and played well into the story. I also liked how the book referred to some of the earlier works here and there.