Death on the Nile (novel)

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Death on the Nile (novel) is a 1937 detective story by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder during a luxurious cruise along the Nile River in Egypt.

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Death on the Nile 16
Death on the Nile (novel) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Agatha Christie ⓘ
centralTheme betrayal ⓘ
greed ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love triangle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Colonel Race ⓘ
Cornelia Robson ⓘ
Dr Bessner ⓘ
Ferguson ⓘ
Hercule Poirot ⓘ
Jacqueline de Bellefort ⓘ
Linnet Ridgeway Doyle ⓘ
Miss Van Schuyler ⓘ
Mrs Allerton ⓘ
Pennington ⓘ
Rosalie Otterbourne ⓘ
Salome Otterbourne ⓘ
Simon Doyle ⓘ
Tim Allerton ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serialized form ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
followedBy Appointment with Death ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ
hasAdaptation Death on the Nile (1978 film) ⓘ
Death on the Nile (2004 television film) ⓘ
Death on the Nile (2022 film) ⓘ
Death on the Nile (play) ⓘ
Death on the Nile (radio adaptation) ⓘ
hasMotiveForCrime romantic jealousy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Golden Age detective fiction ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Detective Fiction
mainCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableElement closed-circle of suspects ⓘ
locked-room style puzzle on a ship ⓘ
precededBy Cards on the Table ⓘ
publicationDate 1937-11-01 ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
publisher Collins Crime Club ⓘ
series Hercule Poirot series ⓘ
settingLocation Egypt ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River

luxury cruise ship ⓘ
timePeriodSetting interwar period ⓘ

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Death on the Nile (2022 film) → basedOn → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
Death on the Nile (2022 film) → adaptationOf → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
Peter Ustinov → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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I. S. Johar → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Anthony Shaffer → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Agatha Christie → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Ali Fazal → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Hercule Poirot → appearsInWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Hercule Poirot film series (Kenneth Branagh) → notableSourceNovel → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Emma Mackey → knownFor → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Anthony Powell → notableWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Anthony Powell → academyAwardForBestCostumeDesignWonFor → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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Hercule Poirot series → hasWork → Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
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