Hercule Poirot · Book 16

Death on the Nile

Published
1 January 1937
Pages
276
ISBN-13
9789504916123
Type
novel
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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.

Key facts about Death on the Nile

Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1937. The book has 276 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9789504916123 to find the main one.

Death on the Nile is book 16 of 41 in the Hercule Poirot series. The series has 41 published books. However, the series starts with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920).

Additionally, Agatha Christie writes Tommy and Tuppence, Superintendent Battle and Miss Marple as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is the latest published Agatha Christie book on file, from 1979.

About Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was an English author who became the best-selling novelist in history, with an estimated two billion copies of her books sold worldwide — a sales record beaten only by the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. See every Agatha Christie book in order.

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…

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