Death on the Nile is a classic whodunnit whose ending I'd forgotten, which made it even better to read again. Linnet Ridgeway, a beautiful rich young woman of twenty, decides on impulse to marry an unmoneyed man, startling the society-page watchers who'd expected her to marry someone more of her class, and also surprising the financial advisers who'd expected to control her estate for several more months until she turned 21. (Control of her money was set to come to her at age 21 or the time of her marriage, if younger.) Linnet's new husband was (until recently) the fiance of Jacqueline, one of Linnet's best friends from childhood. When Linnet and Simon Doyle honeymoon in Egypt, Jacqueline shows up to torment them at every turn, even on board the boat they sneak onto under assumed names on a weeklong cruise on the Nile. One of Linnet's financial advisers is on the cruise too, as are an assortment of others who may have grievances against her (or her dead father, from whom she's inherited her wealth) as well. When Linnet is found murdered, fellow passenger Hercule Poirot and his friend Colonel Race delve into the investigation, rapidly ruling out both Linnet's husband as well as Jacqueline, the most obvious suspects. Poirot just doesn't get it; things haven't happened in the order he would expect. At various points, each passenger looks guilty, as one might expect from a story written by Christie. Read it and find out whodunnit!
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (1938) 276 pages
Death on the Nile is a classic whodunnit whose ending I'd forgotten, which made it even better to read again. Linnet Ridgeway, a beautiful rich young woman of twenty, decides on impulse to marry an unmoneyed man, startling the society-page watchers who'd expected her to marry someone more of her class, and also surprising the financial advisers who'd expected to control her estate for several more months until she turned 21. (Control of her money was set to come to her at age 21 or the time of her marriage, if younger.) Linnet's new husband was (until recently) the fiance of Jacqueline, one of Linnet's best friends from childhood. When Linnet and Simon Doyle honeymoon in Egypt, Jacqueline shows up to torment them at every turn, even on board the boat they sneak onto under assumed names on a weeklong cruise on the Nile. One of Linnet's financial advisers is on the cruise too, as are an assortment of others who may have grievances against her (or her dead father, from whom she's inherited her wealth) as well. When Linnet is found murdered, fellow passenger Hercule Poirot and his friend Colonel Race delve into the investigation, rapidly ruling out both Linnet's husband as well as Jacqueline, the most obvious suspects. Poirot just doesn't get it; things haven't happened in the order he would expect. At various points, each passenger looks guilty, as one might expect from a story written by Christie. Read it and find out whodunnit!
Death on the Nile is a classic whodunnit whose ending I'd forgotten, which made it even better to read again. Linnet Ridgeway, a beautiful rich young woman of twenty, decides on impulse to marry an unmoneyed man, startling the society-page watchers who'd expected her to marry someone more of her class, and also surprising the financial advisers who'd expected to control her estate for several more months until she turned 21. (Control of her money was set to come to her at age 21 or the time of her marriage, if younger.) Linnet's new husband was (until recently) the fiance of Jacqueline, one of Linnet's best friends from childhood. When Linnet and Simon Doyle honeymoon in Egypt, Jacqueline shows up to torment them at every turn, even on board the boat they sneak onto under assumed names on a weeklong cruise on the Nile. One of Linnet's financial advisers is on the cruise too, as are an assortment of others who may have grievances against her (or her dead father, from whom she's inherited her wealth) as well. When Linnet is found murdered, fellow passenger Hercule Poirot and his friend Colonel Race delve into the investigation, rapidly ruling out both Linnet's husband as well as Jacqueline, the most obvious suspects. Poirot just doesn't get it; things haven't happened in the order he would expect. At various points, each passenger looks guilty, as one might expect from a story written by Christie. Read it and find out whodunnit!
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