Death Comes as the End

About this book

Murder - 4,000 years ago... Agatha Christie transports us to the banks of the Nile, and into the heart of a landowner-priest's house-hold, 4,000 years ago. She gives us a pleasing picture of Ancient Egyptian family life seen by Renisenb, a young wiow. The unfamiliarity of the scene only makes the excellence of Mrs. Christie/s psychology stand out more strongly... Renisenb, emotionally shattered by the death of her husband, turns to the unchanged peace of her father-s estate... but there are under-currents she cannot ignore. The arrival of her father's new concubine, hte hell-cat Nofret, sets the match to trails of powder already laid...murders follow.