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n this historical mystery set in ancient Egypt, Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, outrages his children by bringing a concubine into their fold. The manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered, Imhotep's children become suspects in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be their only motives.
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. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...
Agatha Christie has contributed to Death Comes as the End as an author. Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (1920). She achieved wide popularity with "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades. Twenty-four of Christie's best whodunits are now available from Black Dog & Leventhal as part of their bestselling hardcover Agatha Christie Collection.
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