Death on the Nile is a good olย-fashioned love story ย girl meets boy, boy falls in love with girlยs best friend, girl tries to kill both boy and friend. The play, adapted from what many consider to be one of the best novels by mystery guru Agatha Christie, features love, lust, lies, greed and a fabulous Egyptian vacation. The adventure follows Christieยs famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, as he tries to stop the heartbroken Jacqueline from murdering her former lover and his new wife (a.k.a. Jacquelineยs best friend) during their honeymoon. As in any Christie tale, however, once the murders and mischief begin, so do the whodunit complications. See if you can figure it all out before Poirot reveals the truth.
This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2007.