Hercule Poirot · Book 16
Death on the Nile
- Published
- 1 January 1937
- Pages
- 276
- ISBN-13
- 9789504916123
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Death on the Nile" (1937, 276 pages) is one of Poirot's best-known cases, twice adapted for film by Kenneth Branagh -- a closed-circle mystery in the classic Christie mould of a scattering of clues planted in plain sight.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Death on the Nile is book 16 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Dumb Witness. It is followed by Appointment with Death. See the full Hercule Poirot reading order.
Hercule Poirot is the fastidious, egg-headed Belgian detective who solves murders with his "little grey cells" rather than legwork — a private inquiry agent, former Belgian policeman, and refugee of the First World War who settles in England and becomes the most famous fictional detective after Sherlock Holmes. Agatha Christie built the character across 33 novels and dozens of short stories between 1920 and 1975, perfecting the fair-play puzzle mystery: a closed circle of suspects, a country house or a locked…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9789504916123