A novel of anger,jealousy,betrayal and murder in 2000 BC
It is Egypt,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 she deserved to die like a snake.Yet Renisenb,the priest's daughter,believes that the woman's death was not fate,but murder. Increasingly,she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.
As the wife of an eminent archaeologist,Agatha Christie took part in several expeditions to the Middle East. Drawing upon this experience and exhaustive research,she wrote this serial killer mystery laid in Egypt 4000 years ago.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008196325Number of pages: 272Weight: 190 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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