Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Read February 2022

A beautiful young British woman has married the man of her dreams and is now embarking on a honeymoon cruise along the Nile River in Egypt.  Hercule Poirot, seeking a holiday respite, is drawn into a murder investigation after the bride is murdered.  There is a huge cast of characters and all are both interesting and suspicious.  :)  

I wanted to read something that included Egypt - this came to the top of the list. Although, as it turns out, Egypt didn't really play all that much into the storyline, other than being the setting.  And I think some of the names of places and temples might now be known in other ways - I wasn't always familiar with them.  

This book was far more enjoyable, to me, than And Then There Were None.  It was a really good character-driven mystery.  Throughout the course of the book I found myself suspecting first one character, and then another - a sign of a well crafted mystery!  A good, light, interesting read... and truly not dated, really, considering it was written 85 years ago! Agatha Christie certainly deserves her title of Queen of Mystery!

I rated this 4.5 out of 5 stars. 

Quotes from the book...

She came ashore playing a role, even if she played it unconsciously.

And sometimes, Madam, that is all one can do - accept the consequences of one's past deeds.