Hercule Poirot book 15 · 1937
Death on the Nile
On a cruise down the Nile, a beautiful heiress on her honeymoon is shot dead, and her husband’s former fiancée seems the obvious suspect. Hercule Poirot is on board.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Hercule Poirot, book 15 of 33
- Published
- 1937
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Death on the Nile on screen
- Death on the Nile (1978, film, Cinema). Peter Ustinov’s first outing as Poirot, investigating a murder aboard a steamer on the Nile.
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013, series, ITV). David Suchet plays Poirot in seventy episodes that adapt every Poirot novel and almost all the stories.
- Death on the Nile (2022, film, Cinema). Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot investigates a murder on board a Nile cruise.
Who is in Death on the Nile
2 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Hercule PoirotBelgian detective who relies on his “little grey cells”Also in books by Sophie Hannah
Major 1
- Colonel RaceIntelligence officer
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with Death on the Nile.
- Cards on the Table1936 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon