Death on the Nile
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"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."--
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47 primary books74 released books#18 in Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is a 74-book series with 47 primary works first released in -2100 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser, and 阿加莎·克里斯蒂.
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4 primary books#3 in Colonel Race
Colonel Race is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1924 with contributions by Agatha Christie.
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I'm starting to re-read the Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie and “Death on the Nile” is purported to be one of her best. I loved it. Poirot can be such an insufferable narcissist but that's part of his charm. And the datedness of the writing is also part of the charm of the book. Three murders in this one and a fabulous ending to wrap it all up.
I have read very few Agatha Christie novels. I dont't know if all of them have the same pattern..
In part one, she arranged different characters like long thin threads next to each other, clean and distinct, in the next part she mangled all of them together, that I could barely follow the connections...throw in a few red herrings here and there, towards the end I felt this was going to be an obscure unsatisfactory ending, that sprouted mid story - but no! everything was carefully crafted beginning to end and kind of veiled in plain sight. Awesome read.
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