Death on the Nile door Agatha Christie

‘DEATH ON THE NILE’ agatha christie

SUMMARY
Linnet Ridgeway is a very rich young woman. Jacqueline de Bellefort is Linnet’s oldest friend but she is absolutely poor. Jackie is engaged to Simon Doyle who is also very poor.

Because Jacqueline begged Linnet, Simon becomes Linnet’s agent. Linnet and Simon see each other so often that they fall in love. They get married and go to Egypt for their honeymoon. Mr Pennington, her trustperson, is also with them. Jackie really hates Linnet because she married Simon and follows the two of them wherever they go. While she is in Egypt, Linnet and Simon meet Hercule Poirot, a famous detective. They tell Hercule Poirot about Jackie and he tries to help them. Poirot force Jackie to forget about Linnet and Simon and stop following them. He also tells Linnet and Simon not to worry about it anymore and to go on with their lives. Linnet, Simon and Poirot go on a luxurious Nile cruise on the ship, the Karnak, to escape Jackie. But she is also on board and shoots Simon in the leg. The same day, Linnet Doyle is shot in the head and everybody thinks Jacqueline did it. But when Poirot goes and research, it is quite obvious that she didn’t do it.

Poirot has a kind of ‘helper’ by the name of Race and together they try to track down the killer. A couple of days later, Louise Bourget, another passenger, is found dead on the floor of her cabin with a corner of a thousand-franc note near her. They think she had been blackmailing the murderer because she had seen somebody come out of Linnet’s cabin the night she was killed. Mrs. Otterbourne knows who killed Louise, but before she is able to tell Poirot and Race the name she is shot through the cabin window.

Poirot and Race ask some several passengers, including Mr. Fanthorp and Miss van Schuyler, to figure out who the murderer is. One of the passengers, Mr. Pennington, is also suspected later because he was the only one on deck at the time Mrs. Otterbourne was killed. After deep research Poirot finally knows who the killer is. It is Simon Doyle. He had actually been working with Jacqueline de Bellefort to kill Linnet and get all her money. They thought they had a great plan, including all the details. With Jackie’s intelligence and their great acting, it nearly worked, if Poirot hadn’t been on the ship! Jacqueline admitted the whole plan.

Simon’s injuries are worse than expected and he is dying because he wasn’t able to get a good medical treatment on the ship. Jackie ends up shooting him as he is being taken off the steamer because she didn’t want that he have to experience a long and painful death. She then shoots herself. For them, as with other great love stories, it ended up a tragedy.

INTERVIEW
Hey linnet, how are you?
Hm.. fine.. heaven is nice!

Why did you think you have no enemies?
Cause I’m rich and beautiful.

Are your pearls real?
Yes, they are, they cost about fifty thousand dollars.

Aren’t you afraid of having them stolen?
No, I always wear them and they’re insured.

How did you met your husband?
My best friend, Jacqueline de Bellefort, begged me too get him as my agent.

But he was engaged with Jacqueline?
Yes.. but they had a fight.. so their relationship was over

Whose idea was it to go on honeymoon to Egypt?
Mine, I love Egypte and I begged Simon to go to Egypt and he liked it to.

Did you like that the detective was also present?
Yes, I felt a lot more safe then.

Were you shocked that Jackie was also on board?
Absolutely! I wondered how she had discovered. Because only Poirot and Simon knew it! Even not mr Pennington!

Were you afraid when Jackie shot Simon?
Ooh.. yes! I really didn’t trust her anymore! Poirot said that I don’t have to be afraid anymore but I was more afraid than ever.

Did you ever think that Jackie and Simon could cheat and kill you?
No! Jackie not, because she was my best friend! And Simon not, cause I really loved him and he really loved me!

Thank you for the interview.
You’re welcome!

OPINION
The book started to interest me when Linnet Doyle was shot because I tried to find out who the murderer was.I think the story could have really happened because murders kill for money. But at the end .. I don’t think Jackie would have killed Simon and then kill herself.It was a very interesting and exciting good detective book.