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Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 17) Paperback – Large Print, October 15, 2019

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“A top-notch literary brainteaser.” –New York Times

Soon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot—coming February 11, 2022!

Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries.

The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, 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 under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems.

A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie’s most legendary and timeless works.

“Death on the Nile is perfect.” —The Guardian

“One of her best. . . . First rate entertainment.” —Kirkus Reviews

Book 18 of 38

Hercule Poirot series
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Publication date

October 15, 2019
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0062872133
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“How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think.”
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“Love is not everything, Mademoiselle,” Poirot said gently. “It is only when we are young that we think it is.”
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“Death on the Nile is perfect.” — The Guardian (UK)

“One of her best. . . . First rate entertainment.” — Kirkus Reviews

“The main alibi is of the first brilliance . . . the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.” — The Observer (UK)

“The construction is flawless.” — Daily Mail (UK)

“I read everything by Agatha Christie.”
— Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

“It’s tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world’s had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special.” — Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author

“Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.” — The Times (UK)

“Agatha Christie’s indelibly etched characters have entertained millions across the years and a love of her work has brought together generations of readers—a singular achievement for any author and an inspiration to writers across the literary landscape.” — Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novels

“Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She’ll show you everything you want to know.” — Donna Leon, New York Times bestselling author of the Commissario Brunetti novels

“A peach of a case for Poirot. I take my hat off to the author for as ingenious an alibi as can well be imagined.” — Sunday Times (UK)

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Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Large Print; Large type / Large print edition (October 15, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062872133
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062872135
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 660L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.97 x 9 inches

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Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie began writing during the First World War and wrote over 100 novels, plays and short story collections. She was still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. Yet Agatha Christie was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends.

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Jason Adams

A story that still works

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2023

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Almost one hundred years on, this tale still has teeth. The hook and twist are well set and the characterizations really work.

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023

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I couldn't put this book down. The characters are so well written. The mystery itself had many twists and turns. Despite seeing the movie I was still surprised.

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023

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Agatha Christie at her best. Great characters, exotic locations, excellent mystery and Detective Poirot at his sharpest best.

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Agatha Christie is at her best in "Death on the Nile." It is a masterfully crafted whodunit that keeps the reader guessing until the end. The novel features a diverse cast of characters, each with its own secrets and motivations, making it an engaging and suspenseful read.

As always in Christie's books, the story keeps galloping. New clues and suspects are introduced at the drop of a hat. The author's ability to create space for each character amidst the mayhem is remarkable. Despite their large number, each character has enough detail and backstory to make their interactions relevant and helpful in first creating the mystery and eventually solving it.

Each of the dozen or so characters is unique and interesting, with their quirks and personalities. The large number allows Christie to hide the murderer effortlessly and without subterfuge, making it difficult for the reader to guess the killer's identity.

One of the jarring aspects is the prejudices of the time it was written (in the mid-1930s). Such remarks - quite common at the time but still remorselessly bigoted, racist, elitist, sexist, etc. - are a regular feature of the book.

The biggest positive is undoubtedly Poirot's almost Wodehouse-like wit. The detective has perhaps never been better, with his sharp observations and biting remarks adding a layer of humor and charm to the story. His ability to see through people's lies and uncover the truth is more fun because of the way he breaks them open. His multi-lingual erudition, Victorian mannerisms, and avuncular badgering methods transform the book from "good" to "great."

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Excellent book and very good movie (1978)

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2012

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DEATH ON THE NILE was first published in 1937, and the movie starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot was released in 1978. For convenience to anyone who may be interested, I include here a few notes comparing the book to the movie. I can't comment on the made for TV version starring David Souchet since I have not seen it, though reviews seem to say that it was not as good as the 1978 movie.

The main story centers around twenty year old Linnet Ridgeway, a wealthy heiress who somehow manages to make enemies of several people, including her best friend Jackie when she steals and marries Simon Doyle, her fiancee. Linnet and Simon spend their honeymoon in Egypt, where most of this story takes place. She is murdered one night in her cabin aboard a Nile cruise ship, and Poirot and his friend Colonel Race conduct the investigation. There are several suspects on board the ship who either had a grudge against the victim or would benefit financially by her death. Christie has written a great story, with a complex plot, several twists and turns, and a seemingly impossible solution. The book is hard to put down.

The Kindle book is nicely formatted and reads well.

As is typical, the book has several characters and intricate story details and some of these are omitted from the film. There are also some variations in the movie story vs. the book, and to me the biggest difference from the book is that Poirot overtly accuses each suspect of having a motive and the opportunity to commit the crime, and there are accompanying scenes of each suspect retrieving the pistol and killing Linnet Doyle as Poirot describes what they could have done. I suppose this was necessary for the film because much of the book contains quiet, low key Poirot discussing clues and possibilities with Colonel Race, and this would not have been as interesting for movie viewers. For dramatic purposes, the movie also creates enmity between Linnet and Dr. Bessner and Linnet suing author Salome Otterbourne for libel.

The movie creates a nice period setting with award winning costume design, and was filmed on site in Egypt. The photography of sites like the pyramids and ancient temples is stunning. All players acted well, except I think Angela Lansbury over-played the role of alcoholic erotic author Salome Otterbourne because she was always drunk and rarely stood up straight. This exaggeration was done for movie audiences, I suppose.

DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)
Director: John Guillermin
Writer: Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)

Cast (from Wikipedia):
Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective
Lois Chiles as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, a beautiful heiress with many enemies
Simon MacCorkindale as Simon Doyle, Linnet's handsome husband
Mia Farrow as Jacqueline De Bellefort, Linnet's old school friend, formerly engaged to Simon
Jane Birkin as Louise Bourget, Linnet's maid
George Kennedy as Andrew Pennington, Linnet's embezzling lawyer
Bette Davis as Marie Van Schuyler, a rich kleptomaniac
Maggie Smith as Miss Bowers, her companion whose family was ruined by the Ridgeways
Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne, an exotic novelist Linnet is suing for libel
Olivia Hussey as Rosalie Otterbourne, her delicate, devoted daughter
David Niven as Colonel Johnny Race, Poirot's friend
Jon Finch as Mr. James Ferguson, a communist who resents Linnet's wealth
Jack Warden as Dr. Bessner, a Swiss doctor whose methods Linnet deplores
Celia Imrie as Maid
Harry Andrews as Barnstable
Sam Wanamaker as Rockford
I. S. Johar as Mr. Chaudhry, manager of the 'Karnak'
Saeed Jaffrey as a Servant on the Karnak

The DVD quality is good considering the movie was made in 1978. Hopefully the movie will be digitally restored and released on blu-ray some day.

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One of the more popular Poirot mysteries

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019

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Publication date: July 5, 2005
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Language: English
ASIN: B000FCK9D6
320 pages

Curiously for a novel set in Egypt, there is really very little about Egypt in the story. Even more curious to me is that in a novel in which most of the action occurs on a steamer traveling up the Nile, there is very little about the ship or its crew. Neither the captain nor his officers make an appearance and in fact are never even mentioned. There is mention of and brief appearances by some stewards and an engineer. Ms. Christie also writes of a manager aboard the ship without explaining just what his shipboard function is. Apparently he is something like a chief steward in charge of the passenger services side of the steamer's crew. In the 1978 movie with Peter Ustinov as Poirot, actor I. S. Johar is manager of the Steamer Karnak. After a cobra is found in a passenger cabin, he utters the unforgettable line, " Oh! Never have I seen such a reptile in a first class cabin!" At which point I immediately thought, but a second class cabin? Maybe. Deck passage? Who knows what those people will bring aboard. Unfortunately neither that line nor the reptile appear in the novel.

Plenty of other complicated plot details and red herrings do appear. Almost convoluted details and actions. Just as with most other Christie novels I've read, this story is heavily puzzle driven. Oh, there are interesting characters and character development but the emphasis is on the puzzle of the mystery. If that is why you read mysteries you will most likely enjoy this one. Over the years it has proven to be one of Agatha Christie's more popular ones. I did enjoy it but I enjoyed the movie more.

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Kshitij mungra

Poirot Is All time Favorit

Reviewed in India on October 21, 2023

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Nice Book and I'm sure you will be completed it in one go

Ali Abraham

Good Plot twist. Thrilling!

Reviewed in India on June 6, 2023

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The book came in good quality. Would prefer it, if they gave me a bookmark with it.
The book's storyline was good, characters introduced were great. And above all the plot twists were crazy thrilling and mind-bending, Agatha put at least 3 plot holes in the book.
Would prefer for thrilling and crime book fans.
Agatha's last-minute showdowns are just brilliant!

C R Dutton

Agatha Christie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2023

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One of her best stories that I know best from the films so it was a pleasure to read the original.

Rajan Singh

Keeps the reader in grasp

Reviewed in India on August 8, 2023

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Love book , full of mystery .....kept me wondering what happens next and I couldn't simple leave it.

Mister G

A whodunnit and escapist travel book, all in one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2016

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This is a beautiful setting for a book – it is an escapist read. I found myself Googling locations mentioned in the book such as Abu Simbel (it is stunning).

One of the things I like about reading Agatha Christie’s books is that they give you an insight into life in the early 1900s (the book was published in November 1937). For example, a character says she bought a car for £15! It is clearly mechanically unreliable (as you might expect of a car from that era). In another part of the book, a boy is teasing a dog. A character tries to get him to stop. He doesn’t so she “whipped out a penknife and plunged it into him. There was the most awful row”. The former sentence is remarkable and then you read the latter – as if it was indecent for anyone to complain about stabbing a child. The book never mentions a prosecution – it sounds as if a row was the end of it.

Agatha Christie’s husband was an archaeologist and she accompanied him to digs in Syria as well as travelling in Egypt for pleasure. It gave her the knowledge and experience to write the book.

The author starts the book by introducing the characters, so you realise why they will all end up in Egypt in chapter 2.

As in a number of her books, Christie traps her characters (in this case, on a romantic river steamer, the “Karnak”) to limit the number of suspects.

As ever, the fun is in trying to work out who the murderer is. Before anyone was murdered, I did even wonder who the victim would be – there is an obvious candidate but until it happens, you can’t be sure.

All I will say (as I do not wish to spoil anything) is that the plot is a good one. The beauty of it is that, though you might work out the likely suspect (for once, I did), I couldn’t for the life of me (no pun intended) work out how the murder was carried out - I still desperately needed the “grand reveal”.

You do not need to read any other Agatha Christie books before this – it is a “standalone” book (like all of her books save “Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case”).

This is a great whodunnit mixed with a travel book. It is helped by the exotic setting of an old river steamer on the Nile, surrounded by the incredible sights of ancient Egypt. It could be an expensive book to buy – it has made me want to go on a Nile cruise. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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