Death on the Nile
To SYBIL BURNETT
who also loves wandering about the world
UK
Collins, London, Nov. 1937
US
Dodd, Mead, New York, 1938
The Saturady Evening Post, May.15-Jul.3 1937

Plot

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything ... until she lost her life.
Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier out-burst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger'. Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed.

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Linnet Ridgeway • Simon Doyle • Jacqueline de Bellefort • Mrs Allerton • Tim Allerton • Mrs Otterbourne • Rosalie Otterbourne • Miss Van Shuyler • Cornelia • Pennington • Colonel Race

Murder on the Nile (play)

Full Length Play / Drama(Mystery/Thriller) / More than 120 minutes
at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, on March 19, 1946
with the title "Hidden Horizon", at the Plymouth Theatre, New York, on September 19, 1946
Published from Samuel French, 1948

Presented by Peter Saunders at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 14th December 1954, with the following cast of characters:

Characters

1st Beadseller, 2nd Beadseller, Steward, Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes, Chrstina Grant, Smith, Louise, Dr Bessner, Kay Mostyn, Simon Mostyn, Canon Pennefather, Jacqueline de Severac, McNaught

Synopsis of scenes

The scene is laid throughout in the observation saloon of the paddle steamer Lotus on the Nile between Shellal and Wadi Halfa.

Act I
At Shellal. Late afternoon.
Act II.
Scene 1. By the Temple of Abu Simbel. Three days later. Evening, after dinner.
Scene 2. The same. Five minutes later.
Act III
The same. The next morning.

Films & TV

Murder on the Nile
US, 1950
TV drama list
Death on the Nile
UK, 1978
Film list
Death on the Nile
ITV/UK, 2004
Agahta Christie's POIROT IX
Death on the Nile
US, 2022
Film list

UK/US covers

Collins / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead

Avon

Penguin / Pearson Education

Berkley

Bantam

Pan

other publishers

Samuel French (play)

Magazine

Audio
Death on the Nile
G K Hall Audio Books, 1992; ISBN:9780816175970
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
BBC Audiobooks, 1996; ISBN:9780563389538
Death on the Nile
Macmillan Audio, 2003; ISBN:9781559279055
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2001; ISBN:9780007135745
Death on the Nile
Audiogo, 2005; ISBN:9781572704756
Death on the Nile
Audio Partners, 2001; ISBN:9781572702035
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
Macmillan Digital Audio, 2003; ISBN:9781405033602
Death on the Nile
Macmillan Audio Books, 2002; ISBN:9780333989005
Death on the Nile
Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio, 1997; ISBN:9780553478112
Death on the Nile
BBC Physical Audio, 2002; ISBN:9780563536710
Death on the Nile
BBC Worldwide, 2010
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins
Death on the Nile
Audiogo, 2011; ISBN:9781609984748
Death on the Nile
HarperAudio, 2012
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN:9781504762939
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2006
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2020; ISBN:9780008386849
Death on the Nile
Harperaudio, 2020; ISBN:9780063033306
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2020
Death on the Nile
HarperCollins, 2004; ISBN:9780007191154
Death on the Nile
HarperAudio, 2020
Death on the Nile
HarperAudio, 2020; ISBN:9780063033306

Western Europe covers

Mort sur le Nil

French index

Mort sur le Nil

Le Masque (#329) 1946

Club des Masques (#82) 1969

Le Livre de Poche (#5632) 1982

Le Livre de Poche jeunesse (#907) 2002

Hachette Jeunesse (#800) 1990

other publishers

Audio
Mort sur le Nil
Mort sur le Nil
Mort sur le Nil
Audiolib, 2016
Mort sur le Nil
Audiolib, 2016
ISBN:9782367620855

Meurtre sur le Nil


Death on the Nile


Moord op de Nijl

Dutch index


Audio
The House of Books, 2019

Tod auf dem Nil / Der Tod auf dem Nil

German index

Tod auf dem Nil


Der Tod auf dem Nil


Audio
Der Hörverlag, 2018
Der Hörverlag, 2013
Tod auf dem Nil

other language

Northern Europe covers

Döden på Nilen

Swedish index


Audio
Bookmark Förlag, 2018; ISBN:9789188745286

Døden på Nilen

Danish index


Audio
Døden på Nilen
Rosenkilde, 2017
ISBN:9788711765210

Mord på Nilen // Hun fulgte efter

Norwegian index


Audio
Mord på Nilen
Aschehoug, 2021; ISBN:9788203378157

Kuolema Niilillä

Finnish index


Audio

Dauðinn á Níl

Icelandic index


Surm Niilusel

Estonian index


Liktenīgais ceļojums / Nāve uz Nīlas

Lettish index


Mirtis ant Nilo

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Poirot sul Nilo / Assassinio sul Nilo

Italian index

Poirot sul Nilo


Audio
Poirot sul Nilo
Mondadori Libri S.p.A., 2020
Death on the Nile
Blackcat, 2021; ISBN:9788853020512

Assassinio sul Nilo


Audio
Assassinio sul Nilo
GoodMood, 2010
Assassinio sul Nilo

Delitto sul Nilo


Muerte en el Nilo / Poirot en Egipto

Spanish index

Muerte en el Nilo


Audio

Poirot en Egipto


Mort en el Nil / Mort al Nil


Heriotza Nilo ibaian


Morte no Nilo


A Morte no Nilo / Morte no Nilo / O Barco da Morte

Portuguese index

A Morte no Nilo


Morte no Nilo


O Barco da Morte


Έγκλημα στον Νείλο / Έγκλημα στο Νείλο / Εγκλημα εν πλω

Greek index

Έγκλημα στον Νείλο


Έγκλημα στο Νείλο


Εγκλημα εν πλω


Смрт на Нилу / Smrt na Nilu

former Yugoslavia index


Smrt na Nilu

former Yugoslavia index


Smrt na Nilu

former Yugoslavia index


Смрт на Нил

former Yugoslavia index


Vdekje në Nil

Albanian index


Eastern Europe covers

Smrť na Níle

Slovak index


Smrt na Nilu

Czech index


Audio
OneHotBook, 2020

Halál a Níluson // Poirot kéjutazáson

Hungarian index


Смърт край Нил

Bulgarian index


Śmierć na Nilu

Polish index


Audio
Śmierć na Nilu
Saga Egmont, 2022; ISBN:9788726266986

Moarte pe Nil

Romanian index


Смерть на Нілі

Ukrainian index


Смерть на Ниле

Russian index


Audio
Смерть на Ниле
Эксмо, 2018

Death on the Nile


Middle East & Asian covers

სიკვდილი ნილოსზე

Georgian index


Nil'de Ölüm // Nil Cinayeti / Nil Nehrinde Cinayet / Kim Ölecek, Kim Dönecek?

Turkish index


Nildə Ölüm

Azerbaijan index


Մահ Նեղոսի վրա


מוות על הנילוס

Hebrew index


الموت على ضفاف النيل / جريمة في نهر النيل / جريمة على ضفاف النيل / جريمة في وادي النيل

Arabic index

الموت على ضفاف النيل


جريمة في نهر النيل / جريمة فى نهر النيل


جريمة على ضفاف النيل


جريمة في وادي النيل


موت فوق النيل


شبح مرگ بر فراز نیل / قتل در ماه عسل / قتل بر رود نیل / قتل در کرانه نیل

Persian index

شبح مرگ بر فراز نیل


قتل در ماه عسل


قتل بر رود نیل


قتل در کرانه نیل


(Marathi) डेथ ऑन द नाईल / (Malayalam) നീലനദിയിലെ മരണം / (Gujarati) ડેથ ઓન ધ નાઇલ

South Asia index


නයිල් නදියේ මිනීමැරුම

South Asia index


Pembunuhan di Sungai Nil // Kematian Di Sungai Nil / Bulan Madu Berdarah

Indonesian index


ฆาตกรรมบนลำน้ำไนล์ / ผ่าปมมรณะแม่น้ำสีเลือด / แม่น้ำสีเลือด / ฆาตกรรมแม่น้ำไนล์ / ฆาตกรรมบนแม่น้ำไนล์

Thai index

ฆาตกรรมบนลำน้ำไนล์


ผ่าปมมรณะแม่น้ำสีเลือด


แม่น้ำสีเลือด


ฆาตกรรมแม่น้ำไนล์


ฆาตกรรมบนแม่น้ำไนล์


Án Mạng Trên Sông Nile

Vietnamese index

Án Mạng Trên Sông Nile



尼罗河上的惨案 / 尼羅河謀殺案 / 尼罗河谋杀案

Chinese index

尼罗河上的惨案


尼羅河謀殺案


尼罗河谋杀案


Death on the Nile


ナイルに死す

Japanese index


Audio

Murder on the Nile


나일강의 죽음 / 나일에서 죽다

Korean index

나일강의 죽음


나일에서 죽다