Death comes as the end / Agatha Christie.
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TextPublication details: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Publishing, 2012.Description: 303 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1611734851 (library binding : alk. paper)
- 9781611734850 (library binding : alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Large Print Fiction | MYSTERY Christie Agatha | Checked out | 08/05/2024 | 33111007009992 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. It might seem unusual for a writer who specialized in 20th century murder set in cozy English villages to step into Egypt of 2,000 BC, but the passions that lead to murder - jealousy, envy, greed, love, hate - are timeless. Christie's research was painstaking and this uncharacteristic novel showcases the same brilliant plotting as her more conventional mysteries.
Egypt in 2000 BC. 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...