One of Sister Wendy Beckett's favourite books.

The wonderful Hercule Poirot works his magic in this murder mystery set in the exotic location of Egypt.

July 2010 Guest Editor Louise Candlish on Agatha Christie...

I read this when I was about eleven and remember it being the first time I felt that nothing else mattered in the world except finding out what happened on the pages in my hands. I thought it was the most ingenious thing ever to have come out of anyone’s imagination.

Synopsis

Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything -- until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls 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 in this exotic setting' nothing is ever quite what it seems!

Reviews

'The construction is flawless.' Daily Mail

'Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.' The Times

'The main alibi is of the first brilliance ! the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.' Observer

'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

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of the plots. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation