In one of her most popular mysteries, Agatha Christie leads us through a maze of evil as dark and labrythine as the ancient tombs of the Pharoah's. Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth, and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on a idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering.