Death Comes As The End ~ Book Review

In this novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder, the Queen of Mystery transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C. where a priest’s daughter, investigating a suspicious death, uncovers a wasp’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. . . .

Book source ~ Purchased hardcover

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Agatha Christie

October 1944 (1st published)

Mystery

194 Pages

My Rating ~ 4 bites

Agatha Christie takes the wayback machine to Egypt in 2000 B.C. just to give us this delicious (wait, is that even an appropriate descriptor for a murder mystery?) murder mystery to solve. Or should I say multiple murders. Because this is Agatha Christie we’re talking about and I think there have been multiple murders in the few books I’ve read so far. Agatha sure delighted in killing people. I think I love her.

This is an interesting setting! Egypt in 2000 BC isn’t a subject I’m at all familiar with, so it’s fascinating to have a murder mystery set there. The characters are many and varied with a nice balance of likeable and not. The murderer is someone I had a hard time pinning down. Typical Agatha Christie. It’s hard to write a review without giving away any valuable clues, so I’ll just say I’m thoroughly enjoying my exploration into the worlds of Christie and will continue to pick up her books.