Recently, I finished reading the book “Death on the Nile,” a great mystery book by Agatha Christie (I’m currently reading many of her detective novels — expect more reviews on her books soon). At first, it seems to be about a happily newlywed couple — Linnet and Simon Doyle — with only person who might cause them harm — Jacqueline Bellefort, Linnet’s former friend and Simon’s ex-fiancée — but when Linnet is killed and Jacqueline has a perfect alibi, Poirot begins to investigate the case, where everyone has either no motive or a suitable alibi. As is usual with Christie’s stories, the actual murderer is someone who no one would suspect, who, at first, no one would have believed to have killed Linnet until Poirot explains. I really enjoyed reading it, as the plot was really engaging and I couldn’t guess at the murderer until Poirot had unveiled almost every clue and had, basically, explained who the murderer was, though had not specifically said why. Even then, I didn’t guess at the full extent of the conspiracy that had happened to kill Linnet. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading mystery stories, but doesn’t have a need figure out who the murderer is beforehand — the truth is almost impossible to guess at. I would rate this book 9.4/10.
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