Death on the Nile (Poirot)

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William Carmichael is one of the senior lawyers at Linnet’s English law firm. After he receives a letter from Linnet revealing that she and her new husband Simon Doyle ran into Andrew Pennington during their… For a large part, Death on the Nile follows the same plot from Agatha Christie's novel where it's also revealed that Simon and Jacqueline were working together, with Simon killing Linnet after faking an injury.

M. Gastin Blondin owns a famous London restaurant called Chez Ma Tante, where Hercule Poirot enjoys excellent service because he once helped Blondin by solving a crime that would have put him in a jam… Hercule Poirot refers to previous cases once or twice. In Murder of the Orient Express he absolved the guilty completely. In Death on the Nile, he regrets bringing the murderer to justice, but carries out this task still.Poirot eventually realizes that Salome Otterbourne is a secret alcoholic, and what Rosalie was throwing overboard was her mother's hidden cache of spirits. Rosalie admits this but firmly denies seeing anyone leaving Linnet's cabin on the night of the murder. The next day, Linnet is found dead with a bullet in her head. Race takes charge of the situation and asks Poirot to handle the investigation. Several clues seem to incriminate Jacqueline – a "J" written in blood on the wall above Linnet's head, for instance – but Miss Bowers assures Poirot that Jacqueline never left her cabin that night. Dr. Bessner also assures Poirot that Simon's leg wound completely incapacitated him, and so he could not have moved from his bed, even if he wanted to.

This book is a bit slow going in with character introduction, but once all the characters board SS. Karnak, the story really took off for me. Death on the Nile features heiress Linnet Ridgeway, her longtime friend Jacqueline de Bellefort, and fiance Simon Doyle. Hercule Poirot is on vacation and taking the Nile cruise as many other secondary characters. Mr. Allerton has a few secrets of his own, which the “old mountebank” will ferret out in his spare time while trying to solve a murder, or two, or three. Mr. Burnaby is the landlord of a pub in Malton-under-Wode, the country village where Linnet recently bought an estate that she plans to upgrade. He appears at the beginning of the novel as he hopes… Miss Van Schuyler is a wealthy American spinster who travels with her cousin Cornelia Robson and her nurse, Miss Bowers. She is a stereotypical spoiled old rich lady who disdains most of the other…

Cuando buscas en páginas, vídeos, foros, grupos de lectores, etcétera, este es uno de esos libros más sonados y que más aceptación han tenido dentro de los muchos que escribió la reina del crimen. Y yo esperaba que fuera el boom pero nada, me resultó muy predecible. Mi decepción va porque pensaba que podría sorprenderme en la resolución del crimen y sinceramente no ha habido ni un solo aspecto que me haya provocado eso. Al leer tantos libros del detective belga, sabemos que Poirot en los capítulos finales desenreda los cabos y cuenta punto por punto como se llegó a la parte del asesinato y quién o quienes fueron los implicados. En este caso, los detalles siempre son importantes y yo en eso no acierto del todo y me temo que nunca lo haré porque Hércules se guarda muchas cosas. I’ve got to be frank here: this was a bitch move. This is not a case of love at first sight where they were moved by high passions, or soul mates finally finding each other. It almost seems like Jacqueline has vetted this guy, and she really likes him so he will do nicely as a husband. Simon is the youngest son of a well-to-do family, and as a result has no real money of his own but has a taste for the good life. He is physically capable, but not actually… Finally, Poirot reveals what really happened in the murder of Linnet. Simon and Jacqueline never ceased to be lovers, and they planned the crime, with Jacqueline as the mastermind and Simon carrying it out. In fact, Jacqueline is a good shot who purposely missed hitting Simon’s leg when she shot at him. He then faked being injured using a handkerchief (which was recovered in the stole with the pistol) and red dye (which he kept in the Rose nail polish bottle in Linnet’s cabin). While Fanthorp and Cornelia left Simon alone, thinking he couldn’t move because of his injured leg, in fact, Simon carried out the murder, writing the J himself, then shooting himself in the leg (attempting to use the stole as a silencer), before throwing the pistol overboard.