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Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: Christie’s greatest novel? - While dining one day in London, Hercule Poirot notices two young people at a nearby table, obviously in love. However, he thinks, trouble may be on the horizon for it is obvious to him that the woman loves the man to the point almost of obsession, whereas his love seems cooler. Some months later, Poirot is about to embark on a river cruise along the Nile when he discovers that these same two young people are to be among his fellow passengers, and he learns their names – Jacqueline de Bellefort and Simon Doyle. But he is disturbed to discover that they are no longer a couple. Simon is honeymooning with his new bride, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, and Jacqueline seems to be in a state of nervous jealousy, stalking the newlyweds and trying to ruin their happiness. Poirot fears the worst, and the worst duly happens. Linnet Ridgeway is found dead in her cabin, shot through the head. But Jacqueline, the obvious suspect, has an unshakeable alibi for the time of death. So Poirot must look elsewhere for people with motives to kill Linnet, and it soon appears there are many possibilities. Linnet’s wealth and beauty had given her a kind of arrogance and carelessness towards other people, and several of the passengers had reason to hate her… This is probably my favourite Christie of them all – it’s certainly the one I recommend most often to people new to her work. That’s because it has all the ingredients that make her work a joy – an exotic location, a closed circle of people all beautifully characterised and all with credible motives and/or acting suspiciously, an element of the howdunit but keeping it within the bounds of possibility, a complex plot that never crosses the credibility line, a touch of romance, Poirot on top form, showing his empathy for those who have been unfairly treated or are in trouble, and all the clues given for any reader with a mind devious enough to spot them. Most of her books have several of these elements, but this one has them all. Add to this Jacqueline de Bellefort, one of the most attractive and appealing characters in all of her books, and an ending which satisfies on every level, and this is about as close to perfection as a mystery novel can get. The setting is an excellent element in this one. Christie knew Egypt well through her archaeologist husband, and she uses the background of some of the monuments of the ancient world brilliantly to add atmosphere and to, in a sense, show how little and fleeting are the concerns of the tourists who flock to them. The cruise passengers vary from those who have a passionate interest in the history of the place to those who are here merely because it is somewhere else to see – another tick on their list of places to visit as they attempt to fill their rather empty lives. The cast of characters is pretty huge – around a dozen passengers, I think, and a couple of servants, plus Poirot and his old friend Colonel Race who, being in the region, has been asked to take over the investigation. Each of the passengers has his or her own story, and Christie is great at giving them all full personalities – so often in vintage mysteries a lot of the characters are just there to be moved around like chess pieces, providing alibis or being witnesses, but Christie never does this. So in this one we have a young woman trying to cope with an alcoholic mother, a young man with socialist tendencies, raging against the rich while happily participating in a luxury cruise, a naive girl thrilled by the whole experience which she can only have because she has been brought along as an unpaid skivvy to a demanding, selfish old lady. There are men with murky reasons to be aboard, which the reader has some knowledge of but the other passengers don’t, and women who are torn between admiration of Linnet’s beauty and jealousy of her seemingly charmed life. As well as solving the mystery, Christie has to make sure the reader is satisfied with the outcomes for all these people she has made us care about. And very soon this reader had a list of people she hoped were guilty and a longer list of people she hoped weren’t. But with Christie you can always be confident that the solution will not be what you expect. There are lots of books that could make a claim to be Christie’s greatest, but for me this one makes the strongest claim of all. A true classic of the genre. Review: Certainly one of Christie's best novels - Christie states in the introduction to my copy of Death on the Nile that she considers it the best of Poirot's overseas adventures, and so I started reading prepared to hold her to this claim. I was not disappointed. There are a lot of characters to get your head round, which paints a large and realistic picture of the Nile holiday. This story contains one of the biggest build-ups I think I've read in a crime novel - the first half of the text being background and set-up, but it pays off. My one criticism of this otherwise excellent book is that I worked it out straight away, although I must confess I did miss one detail which formed part of the final explanation. As much as Christie's later narrative tried to throw me off the scent, I found it a little disappointing that I wasn't challenged more. Given that this is the first time this has happened though, it might just be a fluke! Certainly one of Christie's best novels and one I would recommend to anyone wanting a sample of her work (rather than wanting to read the entire canon like me!). ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 293,719 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 105 in English Language Readers 292 in Language Readers Reference 435 in English as a Foreign Language Exams | | Book 18 of 38 | Hercule Poirot | | Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (16,656) | | Dimensions | 0.76 x 12.45 x 19.3 cm | | ISBN-10 | 0008249687 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0008249687 | | Item weight | 1.05 kg | | Language | English | | Print length | 96 pages | | Publication date | 5 Oct. 2017 | | Publisher | Collins Reference | ## Images ![Death on the Nile: B1 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81MdjagtMyL.jpg) ![Death on the Nile: B1 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81OwCG53AqS.jpg) ![Death on the Nile: B1 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-Gi1PWs2S.jpg) ![Death on the Nile: B1 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71NKOSaUHVL.jpg) ![Death on the Nile: B1 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81WuH8uvViL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Christie’s greatest novel? *by F***N on 29 November 2024* While dining one day in London, Hercule Poirot notices two young people at a nearby table, obviously in love. However, he thinks, trouble may be on the horizon for it is obvious to him that the woman loves the man to the point almost of obsession, whereas his love seems cooler. Some months later, Poirot is about to embark on a river cruise along the Nile when he discovers that these same two young people are to be among his fellow passengers, and he learns their names – Jacqueline de Bellefort and Simon Doyle. But he is disturbed to discover that they are no longer a couple. Simon is honeymooning with his new bride, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, and Jacqueline seems to be in a state of nervous jealousy, stalking the newlyweds and trying to ruin their happiness. Poirot fears the worst, and the worst duly happens. Linnet Ridgeway is found dead in her cabin, shot through the head. But Jacqueline, the obvious suspect, has an unshakeable alibi for the time of death. So Poirot must look elsewhere for people with motives to kill Linnet, and it soon appears there are many possibilities. Linnet’s wealth and beauty had given her a kind of arrogance and carelessness towards other people, and several of the passengers had reason to hate her… This is probably my favourite Christie of them all – it’s certainly the one I recommend most often to people new to her work. That’s because it has all the ingredients that make her work a joy – an exotic location, a closed circle of people all beautifully characterised and all with credible motives and/or acting suspiciously, an element of the howdunit but keeping it within the bounds of possibility, a complex plot that never crosses the credibility line, a touch of romance, Poirot on top form, showing his empathy for those who have been unfairly treated or are in trouble, and all the clues given for any reader with a mind devious enough to spot them. Most of her books have several of these elements, but this one has them all. Add to this Jacqueline de Bellefort, one of the most attractive and appealing characters in all of her books, and an ending which satisfies on every level, and this is about as close to perfection as a mystery novel can get. The setting is an excellent element in this one. Christie knew Egypt well through her archaeologist husband, and she uses the background of some of the monuments of the ancient world brilliantly to add atmosphere and to, in a sense, show how little and fleeting are the concerns of the tourists who flock to them. The cruise passengers vary from those who have a passionate interest in the history of the place to those who are here merely because it is somewhere else to see – another tick on their list of places to visit as they attempt to fill their rather empty lives. The cast of characters is pretty huge – around a dozen passengers, I think, and a couple of servants, plus Poirot and his old friend Colonel Race who, being in the region, has been asked to take over the investigation. Each of the passengers has his or her own story, and Christie is great at giving them all full personalities – so often in vintage mysteries a lot of the characters are just there to be moved around like chess pieces, providing alibis or being witnesses, but Christie never does this. So in this one we have a young woman trying to cope with an alcoholic mother, a young man with socialist tendencies, raging against the rich while happily participating in a luxury cruise, a naive girl thrilled by the whole experience which she can only have because she has been brought along as an unpaid skivvy to a demanding, selfish old lady. There are men with murky reasons to be aboard, which the reader has some knowledge of but the other passengers don’t, and women who are torn between admiration of Linnet’s beauty and jealousy of her seemingly charmed life. As well as solving the mystery, Christie has to make sure the reader is satisfied with the outcomes for all these people she has made us care about. And very soon this reader had a list of people she hoped were guilty and a longer list of people she hoped weren’t. But with Christie you can always be confident that the solution will not be what you expect. There are lots of books that could make a claim to be Christie’s greatest, but for me this one makes the strongest claim of all. A true classic of the genre. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Certainly one of Christie's best novels *by J***R on 4 August 2011* Christie states in the introduction to my copy of Death on the Nile that she considers it the best of Poirot's overseas adventures, and so I started reading prepared to hold her to this claim. I was not disappointed. There are a lot of characters to get your head round, which paints a large and realistic picture of the Nile holiday. This story contains one of the biggest build-ups I think I've read in a crime novel - the first half of the text being background and set-up, but it pays off. My one criticism of this otherwise excellent book is that I worked it out straight away, although I must confess I did miss one detail which formed part of the final explanation. As much as Christie's later narrative tried to throw me off the scent, I found it a little disappointing that I wasn't challenged more. Given that this is the first time this has happened though, it might just be a fluke! Certainly one of Christie's best novels and one I would recommend to anyone wanting a sample of her work (rather than wanting to read the entire canon like me!). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Entertaining *by A***R on 27 February 2026* A classic murder mystery book that I have read before & thoroughly enjoyed . 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