Death on the Nile

The detective Hercule Poirot is on holiday in Egypt when he is drawn into the mysterious affair of the newly wed couple: society's beauty, Linnet, and Simon Doyle. Linnet had allegedly stolen Simon from his former fiancee, Jacqueline de Bellefort, who is enraged. As a method of revenge, Jacqueline follows the Doyles anywhere they go, and when Linnet and Simon arrive at their honeymoon destination in Egypt, Jacqueline is waiting for them. She follows them onto the river cruise up the Nile, just when the Doyles had believed that she'd stopped. Linnet is extremely scared, and speaks to Poirot of how she is surrounded by enemies. Some days later, Linnet is found shot through the head in her cabin and Poirot is under pressure to find the killer, before they strike again...

Although this book was written a long time ago, Agatha Christie is definitely a writer who needs to be remembered and her books still marvel people today. This was the first Agatha Christie book I'd ever read, and from page one I was enthralled! Now I own ten other Poirot books (Poirot was the detective featured in most of Christie's murder mysteries) and if you like to read about crime/detective fiction and like really good plots, then Death On the Nile is perfect.

Christie describes her characters brilliantly with exquisite detail. The cleverness of Agatha Christie is that the reader is given the same clues as the detective, so if you are bright enough, you can discover the identity of the criminal before the detective! I would give this book a definite 10/10.

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper

Released Date: 1992

ISBN: 09945500599