You do not understand Renisenb. There is an evil that comes from outside - that attacks so that all the world can see. But there is another kind of rottenness that breeds from within - that shows no outward sign. It grows slowly day-by-day, 'til at last the whole fruit is rotten, eaten away by disease.

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie

An entertaining historical murder mystery set in ancient Egypt.

A young widowed bride, Renisenb returns to her father's home. She believes nothing has changed. She believes she will in time recover from the loss of her beloved husband and be happy again.

But as she talks with her father's assistant, the assistant lets her know that he senses trouble ahead.

Trouble does arrive. And when it arrives, it is in the form of a beautiful, young woman who holds the hand and the attention of a much older man.



The novel tells the story of the murderous breakdown of a family who find their lives turned upside down after their father brings his concubine to live with them.

In both style and content the book triumphs, though it is hard to avoid the feeling that the number of killings in the end is a little excessive.

Litrev rating 5 / 5