Death Comes as the End (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection (Paperback)) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006207413X ISBN 13: 9780062074133

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2013

Synopsis

In Death Comes As the End, Dame Agatha Christie transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C. where a priest's daughter, investigating a suspicious death, uncovers an asp's nest of jealousy, betrayal, and serial murder.

It is Egypt in 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that it was fate--she deserved to die like a snake!

But at her father's house on the banks of the Nile, the priest's daughter Renisenb believes that the woman's death is suspicious. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within their household--and watches helplessly as the family's passions explode in murder. . . .

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Review:

"Startlingly new....My admiration for her leaps even higher."--Observer (London)

"Agatha Christie was the absolute master of misdirection. No matter how logical we think we're being when we read her, she always manages to send us swimming after her red herrings while ignoring that huge whale in the corner of the tank."--Margaret Maron, award-winning author of the Deborah Knott Mysteries

Book Description:

However not all the members of his family welcome her and when she is found dead it is Imhotep’s daughter Renisenb who suspects it might not have been an accident.

This death unleashes the greed and hate that have been building up within the family and the horrific events that follow tear it apart. With few allies she can confide in, even Renisenb has to constantly look over her shoulder.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 006207413X
• ISBN 13: 9780062074133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274