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3.5⭐This book is a bit slow going in with character introduction, but once all the characters board SS. Karnak, the story really took off for me. Death on the Nile features heiress Linnet Ridgeway, her longtime friend Jacqueline de Bellefort, and fiance Simon Doyle. Hercule Poirot is on vacation and taking the Nile cruise as many other secondary characters. I thought the mystery was good and I enjoy listening to Poirot's train of thought, but I felt the reveal was somewhat underwhelming. 🤷‍♀️Th...

One of Christie's best.And one of my personal favorites. I adore Poirot in this one. He's got such a soft spot for a woman in trouble, and of course, he's always a sucker for young love.In Death on the Nile he manages to put his excellent matchmaking skills to such good use that you get not one but two weddings...and a funeral. Well. Actually more than one funeral, but I don't want to spoil too much for those of you who haven't read this book yet. It opens with two starry-eyed lovers on the cusp...

"Me, I work with my brains and am not ashamed of it." Reading Agatha Christie is always such a treat. I know I'm in for a good time, so I clear out my schedule, put on my comfiest outfit, and settle in for a few hours of fun and cozy-murdering. And Death on the Nile sure delivers.Wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway has it all: beauty, charm, and money. And now she has love too, marrying the man of her dreams and starting their lives together with a honeymoon in Egypt. But this exotic trip to a fa...

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Another flashback Saturday, I’m reading another book I’ve read 20 years ago as a tribute to my younger, dumber, naiver self. Good thing is I feel like I’m reading a brand new book because I forget so many details, characters and some crucial parts about story’s progression. I watched the first movie adaptation (1978) with Peter Ustinov( he’s brilliant actor but I still loved Albert Finney’s portrait more) Betty Davis, Angela Lansbury and Mia Farrow. The casting is remarkable and the fast pacing ...

4.5 stars"I like an audience, I must confess. I am vain, you see. I am puffed up with conceit. I like to say: ‘See how clever is Hercule Poirot!’"Well, this confession from the renowned detective may very well be true, but I admit it is one of the reasons I love him so! He also has integrity and class… and a really swell mustache! Reading Agatha Christie’s Poirot stories never fail to entertain and to comfort. In my part of the country, we are bracing for a winter storm with heaps of snow and fr...

”’What a lot of enemies you must make, Linnet.’‘Enemies?’ Linnet looked surprised.Joanna nodded and helped herself to a cigarette.‘Enemies, my sweet. You’re so devastatingly efficient. And you’re so frightfully good at doing the right thing.’Linnet laughed.‘Why, I haven’t got an enemy in the world!’” Linnet Doyle is on her honeymoon in Egypt with the husband she recently stole from one of her best friends. Not only is Linnet filthy rich, but also gorgeous, sophisticated, and charming. Some mi...

It is 1937 and Cairo is still considered a jewel of a city to rival Paris. The rich and famous flock there to enjoy her night life and cruise the Nile to see the pyramids. Such is the backdrop for Dame Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile starring Hercule Poirot. As in many of Poirot's cases, this mystery features a young heiress, multiple motives for murder, and criminals traveling under assumed names. All these facets add up to a fun, page turning whodunit. Upon turning twenty one, Linnet Ridge...

A friend told me who the murderer was, so I was not surprized when the killer was discovered.
I never talked to this friend again...