Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (1937)
Read: September - October 2010
This book was left with us by Laura and Effie when they visited in May. They were thinking along the same lines as us - when in Egypt, read books set in / about Egypt - and this suited them especially as they were going on a Nile cruise!
I've not read a Christie before (but did watch Miss Marple when I was growing up!) and so the whole detective story was new to me. I didn't know how it would be structured - would I know the clues the same time as Poirot? Would he spell it out to me or would I have to guess? I did try and guess - the way I do when watching Waking The Dead on TV - and thought I had it, but maybe not.
I read mainly in the evenings for a chapter or so before bed, but this month, since starting back at work, has been crazy busy. So I would read a chapter and then put it down to "rest my eyes", planning to read more in a moment, but totally fall asleep! Then when I'd pick it up the next night I'd find I had no idea what had happened and would flick back a good few pages to when I was last really conscious of the story!!!
