![]() ![]() Luckily, world-famous detective Hercule Poirot is also on board, but with multiple suspects and more bodies piling up, the truth turns out to have more loops and bends than the Nile itself. When all three find themselves on a cruise down the Nile, things take a deadly turn. The only problem? Simon’s ex, Jacqueline de Bellefort (who is also Linnett’s former best friend. Linnet Doyle is a socialite recently married to Simon. The book opens with that juiciest of plots-a love triangle. ![]() And that’s a mistake because I promise you, Death On The Nile might have been published in 1937, but the complicated women at its heart-and its shocking ending-make it just as fresh and vital as any 21st century thriller. But sometimes when an author becomes An Institution, the books themselves can get lost in the myth, or dismissed altogether, relics from the past. Her very name is synonymous with mystery and murder. She is the best-selling author of all time, after all. Now, Dame Agatha hardly needs my endorsement. ![]() And in the middle of it all, a brilliant detective.Ĭountless Golden Age mysteries have this same setup, but Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is something special. ![]()
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