Death on the Nile
First published 1937 · English · 269 pages
- Novels
- Mystery and crime
A glamorous young heiress and her new husband take a honeymoon cruise on a steamer along the Nile. Among the other passengers are people who have reasons to resent her, including a former friend who has followed the couple from place to place. Hercule Poirot, also on holiday, senses trouble gathering beneath the pleasant surface of sunlit temples and desert views. The novel is a polished study of jealousy, money and desire, with a carefully arranged cast and a clever puzzle set in a vividly drawn Egyptian setting.
Quotes
Darling,” she drawled, “won’t that be rather tiresome? If any misfortunes happen to my friends I always drop them at once! It sounds heartless, but it saves such a lot of trouble later!
How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think.
But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.
It was a very British and utterly unconvincing performance.