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| Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot) | 
| Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 77781
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0425200469
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780425200469
ASIN: 0425200469
Publication Date: August 31, 2004
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 Classic Mystery June 5, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This was my first Hercule Poirot novel and I found it to be quite a good read. The characters were interesting and we definitely learn more about them and their motivations as the story unfolds. Relatively little is what it seems to be on the surface and it is up to the vacationing Poirot to untangle this complex web. The story moves along at a strong pace and is peppered with dialogue that remains witty and charming even after so many decades have passed since this book was written.
Even though my suspicion about the solution to the crime proved to be true, there were more than enough details that I had not worked out that I was still very interested in the reveal at the end. Based on my enjoyment of "Death on the Nile" I have already purchased more novels starring the inimitable Poirot and am learning more and more why this character has endured for so long.
The more Agatha Christie I read.... January 25, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
the more that I want to read! This is only the second Hercule Poirot mystery that I have picked up and I feel that I am just getting started on what will be a long and fabulous love affair with Agatha Christie's works. I'm sorry that I read so fast though. Death on the Nile, while considerably longer than 'Orient Express', was over too quickly for me. What I love best about the outcome of this mystery was that I had a sneaking suspicion all along what was happening, but so many twists and turns in the plot kept me second-guessing right up until the end. Really a great read.
 Death on the Nile Plot Brief and Review August 25, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
This is one of Agatha Christie's most recognized works. Like most of her mystery works, the plot is built around detective Hercule Poirot. An uncanny sequence of events leaves Poirot on a train on route to London from Istanbul called the Orient Express. The train is forced to make an overnight stop in the middle of its tracks because a snow storm had left a pile up of snow in the upcoming tracks that disallowed the train to continue on its path. That morning, wakes up to find that Ratchett, a man to whom he had refused protection services earlier in the trip because of his reputation of being an evil man, had been stabbed to death. Poirot takes the case and is determined to solve it. As clues, he uses the many peculiar noises that had disturbed his sleep that night and things marked with names and initials that seem to have been left behind by the murderer. But Poirot later finds out that these things are only proof that Ratchett was living with a double identity, a scheme that would have be motivation enough for someone aboard the Orient Express to kill this two-faced man. Who really was this man? And what atrocity could he have committed that required him to change his name and hide his real identity? Before Detective Poirot identifies any suspects, he has to answer those questions.
The setting, the lead up to the murder, and the never-ending twists make this the great murder mystery that it is. Christie sets up the murder to take place pretty much in the middle of nowhere but at the same time in a civil society. This gives the novel a thrilling and suspenseful ambience of being amongst a murderer in the train in the middle of a snow storm. Christie also makes this novel a page turner by giving each of the characters in the train detailed and consistent characteristics but making it possible for the characters to perform twisting unexpected behavior without losing the reliability of the author's character descriptions. Without telling the reader directly, Christie is able to instill the idea that no one on the train may be trusted. Christie makes vivid images of each scene and does not state much directly. She only narrates the character's actions and allows the reader to imply that character's characteristics. By doing this she does not throw off any suggestions at who the guilty or the innocent may be.
Of the three Agatha Christie novels I have read, I find Murder on the Orient Express to be the best one. When reading this I felt that I was another detective Poirot on the scene. Because all the facts and details of the plot are not stated and can only be assumed by the reader, I felt that as a reader I was to judge each event as I thought was more logical. It is really the kind of book that grabs you and will not let you go.
A triumph July 10, 2006
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Nice plot, suprises, murders, and a spectacular writing style makes this Christie book a collector's must. Poirot at his /Zenit/ :)
Death Comes for the Honeymooners June 7, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
As one would expect from an Agatha Christie novel, "Death on the Nile" is a fast-paced, intricately plotted mystery. With a wide cast of characters, Christie plumbs the depths of mystery writing standards, using red herrings that not only confuse the characters but confound the reader as well. "Death on the Nile" is a superb example of a crime so simple that it might just be too difficult to figure out...or is it?
When the reader first meets Linnet Ridgeway, she has everything - beauty, brains, money, and soon enough, her best friend's fiance, Simon Doyle. The newly married couple embark upon their honeymoon, only to discover the jilted fiance/friend, Jacqueline, seeking revenge at every turn. When Linnet Doyle is found murdered aboard the 'S.S. Karnak', Jacqueline is immediately the primary suspect, but she has a concrete alibi. Hercule Poirot must use his somewhat maddening powers of deduction and observation, to piece together the clues with the murder, and the other killings that quickly follow suit. All on board are suspects with many who have secrets they wish to keep hidden. Can Hercule Poirot tighten the net and capture the killer before he/she strikes again?
But of course he can, showing off the entire time, and taking readers for a confounding story of alibis and lies, coverups and misleading clues, that comes full circle in the end. "Death on the Nile" is an extremely well-written mystery that will leave readers guessing until the very last pages when Poirot finally unveils his knowledge of the murderer. It is by far one of Agatha Christie's greatest mysteries and a timeless classic example of what a good mystery should be.
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