As the weapon used for the murder is recovered, Poirot gathers information to find the killer. More incidents occur and Linnett is found murdered in the morning shot in the head and her string of pearls missing. One heroine meets Ramses II face to face. Poirot declines being maid and tries to convince Jacqueline de Bellefort to stop hounding Ridgeway but ultimately fails.Ī life-threatening situation leaves Linnet in shock and Jacquelineas the suspect. In Murder on the Nile the heroines all have to deal with everything that ancient Egypt can throw at them.

She wants to hire Poirot and have him prevent her stalker from stalking her.

While on the steamer, Poirot is approached by Linnet Doyle nee Ridgeway, a successful socialite. Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. Buy on Amazon Rate this book Murder on the Nile Agatha Christie 4.19 2,375 ratings62 reviews Agatha ChristieFull Length, Mystery Characters: 8 male, 5 female Interior Set Simon Mostyn has recently married Kay Ridgeway, a rich woman, having thrown over his former lover Jacqueline. Hercule Poirot is on holiday and on board a steamer that is touring the Nile River. Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s redoubtable Belgian sleuth, returns to solve another three bedeviling murder mysteries. Keep reading for a short summary of the novel and why this mystery novel demands to be read! Death on the Nile Summary Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is an action-packed mystery novel that includes all of the best features of a Christie novel. Otterbourne, whose secret dealings with the ship’s crew put her in the wrong place at the wrong time. A murder mystery that takes place on the Nile River is what we will be reviewing today. As Poirot gets closer to the truth, two more passengers lose their lives: Louise Bourget, Linnet’s maid, who appears to have tried to blackmail the killer and Mrs. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot Series) Agatha Christie taught me many important lessons about the inner workings of the mystery novel before it ever occurred to me that I might one day be writing mysteries myself.Sue.

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