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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

Agatha Christie

Start date: August 2, 2019

Finish date: August 31, 2019

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Apr 08, 2015 Teri-K rated it really liked it

Shelves: great-to-re-read, senior-citizen-mcs, audio-recommended, mystery-golden-age, z-own-audio

This is one of Christie's best - full of interesting characters, many of whom I'll admit are rather unlikable at first. As the story develops we get to know some of the minor characters better and they are really fun to get to know. (Christie often handles minor characters so well I wish she'd written stories that feature them. That's true here.) The mystery is very puzzling, with several different threads weaving together. And I enjoy Colonel Race, who meets up with Poirot and helps him detect. ...more

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Oct 26, 2020 Charlotte (Buried in Books) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime

The film version with Peter Ustinov as Poirot has always been one of my favourite films, but I'd never read the book. With a new adaption coming out I downloaded the audio version read by Kenneth Branagh. I love his voice and am very fond of his take on the character (ignoring the terrible moustache).

There is so much more to the story, the subplots are fascinating. The only thing I found annoying was the rather obvious replacement of certain words after the recording.

I need to read more Christie ...more

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May 28, 2019 Megan rated it it was amazing

One of my favorite Christie's yet ...more

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Dec 30, 2016 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: british-golden-age-mysteries, mystery-series, crime-mystery-fiction

Ah, even better than the Orient Express! Colonel Race is vastly superior to Colonel Hastings and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

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Feb 04, 2014 Yorky Caz rated it it was amazing

excellent. i love the little back stories of each character and little interviews and conversations. who was where and when. a proper whodunnit!! highly recommend!

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