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One Fall / Pushed.
One Poisoning.
One Drowning.
One Suffocation.
Death Comes as the End
It is 2000 BC in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful young concubine Nofret. But 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.Year: 1944
Location: Middle East
Location: Middle East
Cast of characters
Esa, Henet, Hori, Imhotep, Ipy, Kait, Kameni, Khay, Divine Father Mersu, Montu, Nofret, Renisenb, Satipy, Sobek, Teti, YahmosePublishing history
Publishing: The novel was published in 1945 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and in 1944 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. The novel has not been adapted for stage or screen.Notes and reviews
The author provides an opening note to explain the motivation for the choice of setting and to explain that the story and chapter titles are keyed to the agricultural calendar of the time. The subject matter of the novel was suggested to Agatha Christie by her friend Professor Stephen Glanville, who she consulted throughout the writing of the book for historical information on the period.Murder methods:
One Gunshot.One Fall / Pushed.
One Poisoning.
One Drowning.
One Suffocation.