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Plot Summary of Death On the Nile
"A young girl persues her former fiancee and his new bride to Egypt. Amongst the memorials for the dead, there comes ..... Murder.
"

Christopher Moore, Resident Scholar

"10 PEOPLE GOES TO A ISLAND WITHOUT AWARE OF THE DANGER THAT HAD COME.THAT DAY THE RECKLESS DRIVER ANTHONY MARTSTON IS KILLED.BUT THE MURDERER WILL STRIKE AGAIN AGAIN."
FIRAT ILICALI, Resident Scholar

"When about 16 people go on a Nile excursion, no one is prepared for 3 grisly murders. It is up to Hercule Poirot to discover the criminal...or criminals...in a baffling murder mystery."
Danielle, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Death On the Nile
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age: - 60's-90's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Africa Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat
Island? Yes
Island: - on vacation

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 3-4
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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