Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot. Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's 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: "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. " Death on the Nile is perfect." -- The Guardian "One of her best. . . . First rate entertainment." -- Kirkus Reviews "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 (London)" "In Death on the Nile , Poirot, on vacation in Africa, meets the rich, beautiful Linnet Doyle and her new husband, Simon. As usual, all is not as it seems between the newlyweds, and when Linnet is found murdered, Poirot must sort through a boatload of suspects to find the killer before he (or she) strikes again." -- "Amazon.com" "It seems like an insolvable crime, until the famous detective Hercule Poirot starts to investigate. Death on the Nile deserves its reputation as one of Christie's best travel mysteries...Eighty-odd years after her first book was published, Christie and her mysteries are more popular than ever. Recommended for all collections." -- "Library Journal audio review" "One of her best. Poirot, again on vacation, falls foul of a murder on board a Nile river steamer, followed by two successive murders, obviously connected. A sophisticated group, an ingenious plot, clever deduction, swift-paced narrative. A little romance on the side lends glamor. First rate entertainment." -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" "The main alibi is of the first brilliance...the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head." -- "Observer (London)" Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English writer best known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around her beloved fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Her stage play, The Mousetrap , stands as the world's longest-running play, performed from 1952 to 2020. She also holds the world record as the bestselling fiction writer of all time (two billion copies) and the most translated individual author. Most of her works have been adapted for television, radio, video games, and graphic novels, and more than thirty feature films are based on her work. David Suchet, famed as TV's Hercule Poirot, has starred with the RSC, on London's West End and on Broadway, winning four Olivier nominations and a Tony(R) nomination. He has starred in numerous films and is director of the Old Vic Theatre, and a member of the Trust Council of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.