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**Death on the Nile**  By Agatha Christie

 On an exotic, but small boat traveling down the Nile, a death occurs. But it isn’t just anybody who died; it was the famous, rich, and beautiful Linnet Ridgeway. Shot through the head in the middle of the night.  As the vacationing Hercule Poirot investigates the murder, he remembers something a passenger had said before. “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” But Poirot soon discovers, is that nothing is really what it seems in this sandy paradise.  Nearly every single person aboard the boat has a secret to hide and will do anything to keep it from getting out. A different killer hides on board the ship, thousand dollar pearls disappear in the night, a long, sharp scalpel lies in a case, waiting to be used, and a dripping J written in blood rests above the dead body of Linnet Ridgeway. And Poirot is left to solve a mystery that no one else but him can conquer.  //Death on the Nile// is masterfully written. Christie does a beautiful job of weaving the characters and plot into one, leaving no hole unfilled and no word wasted. Christie throws you off with every chapter, forcing you to change your theory of motive and suspects, until finally the brilliant Hercule Poirot reveals the truth behind the murder of Linnet Ridgeway. //Death on the Nile// is a fantastic and amazing read and I am glad I had the privilege of reading it.