Death Comes As the End

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.

About the author

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Summary

A novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in 2000 BC

Report

"Startlingly new... my already insensate admiration for her leaps even higher." Observer
"More realistic than many a thriller-writer's idea of London." Evening Standard
"A fascinating problem... baffling the most perspicacious reader." Scotsman
"A decided novelty - startling in all directions." Weekly Book Review
"As ingenious and baffling as ever." Daily Sketch

Product details

• Authors: Agatha Christie
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9780008196325
• ISBN: 978-0-00-819632-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Crime, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Egypt, Classic crime, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Historical crime & mysteries, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Classic crime and mystery fiction, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classic fiction: general and literary, Thriller: serial killers, Mystery;Detective;Egypt;Ramses