Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery.The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life.Who is also on board? Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot is on holiday. He recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Despite the exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems...