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| Title | : | Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #17) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 214 pages |
| Published | : | 1978 by Bantam Books (first published November 1937) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Classics. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Detective. Audiobook |
Agatha Christie
Paperback | Pages: 214 pages Rating: 4.11 | 108046 Users | 4493 Reviews
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The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls 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 is ever quite what it seems...Particularize Books As Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #17)
| Original Title: | Death on the Nile |
| ISBN: | 0553119222 (ISBN13: 9780553119220) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #17, Colonel Race #3 |
| Characters: | Colonel Race, Simon Doyle, Hercule Poirot, Linnet Ridgeway, Jacqueline de Bellefort, Mrs. Allerton, Tim Allerton, Dr. Carl Bessner, Miss Bowers, Jim Fanthorp, Ferguson, Salomè Otterbourne, Rosalie Otterbourne, Andrew Pennington, Cornelia Robson, Marie Van Schuyler, Joanna Southwood |
| Setting: | Egypt |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 108046 Users | 4493 ReviewsJudge Containing Books Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #17)
Aside from a few awkward (racist) sayings this book is as fresh and topical today as it was when it was written in 1937. I am sure I read this in the past but its plot had faded away probably replaced in my mind shanty by the theme song to the New Zoo Review which for some reason I can't get out of my head.At any rate this book begins as many of Ms. Christie's do, setting the stage by introducing us the the victims and suspects. We have a ridiculously rich young American girl living in her newlyDeath on the Nile has to be one of my favourite books by Agatha Christie. I've read most of her books and I never get tiered of re-reading them :)There's something specially dark about this book and I happen to like it.As usual the characters are multi-dimensional and quite weird and scandalous lol. EVERYONE has a motive and an opportunity, anyone could've done it but I can never guess the right person with Agatha :)Very enjoyable and highly recommended.
"Hospital nurses, me, I find them always gloomy! The night nurse, always, she is astonished to find her patient alive in the evening; the day nurse, always, she is surprised to find him alive in the morning! They know too much, you see, of the possibilities that may arise."I found it very funny that these words of Poirot written eighty two years ago still hold true. I know a woman who works as a nurse and the above description fits her to the T. Then again, it was Poirot who said it and he was
Linnet Ridgeway was an extremely wealthy young woman who had everything she had ever wanted; everything everyone else would have liked but she didnt have love. So when she married Simon, who had been engaged to one of Linnets closest friends, there was a good deal of animosity. While on their honeymoon, they were on the S.S. Karnak, slowly cruising up the Nile River; stopping to view the pyramids and other exotic tourist destinations. They were accompanied by a varied group of people and among
4.5 stars"I like an audience, I must confess. I am vain, you see. I am puffed up with conceit. I like to say: See how clever is Hercule Poirot!"Well, this confession from the renowned detective may very well be true, but I admit it is one of the reasons I love him so! He also has integrity and class and a really swell mustache! Reading Agatha Christies Poirot stories never fail to entertain and to comfort. In my part of the country, we are bracing for a winter storm with heaps of snow and frigid
What I liked best about this one was the kindness and insight of Poirot, I think. You don't often see that emphasized in detective stories. It's what I've liked best about him in some of the other stories, too. I don't love interpretations of him that focus on only his foppishness and fastidiousness without balancing it out with the wisdom the character is capable of. When done right, it's a great study in how people have multiple dimensions, and multiple worthwhile dimensions, and dismissing
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