The wonderful Hercule Poirot works his magic in this murder mystery set in the exotic location of Egypt.
July 2010 Guest Editor Louise Candlish on Agatha Christie...
I read this when I was about eleven and remember it being the first time I felt that nothing else mattered in the world except finding out what happened on the pages in my hands. I thought it was the most ingenious thing ever to have come out of anyone’s imagination.
A top-notch literary brainteaser.New York TimesSoon to bea major motion picture sequel toMurder on the Orient Expresswith a screenplay by Michael Green,directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadotcoming February 11, 2022!Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egyptin one of Agatha Christies 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: Id 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 Nileis one of Christies most legendary and timeless works.Death on the Nileis perfect. The GuardianOne of her best. . . . First rate entertainment. Kirkus Reviews
'Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.' The Times
'The main alibi is of the first brilliance ! the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.' Observer
'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
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About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of the plots.
