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书名：Death on the Nile尼罗河上的惨案
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数660L
作者：Agatha Christie
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007527557
商品尺寸：12.9 x 2.5 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：384
Death on the Nile《尼罗河上的惨案》是侦探小说女王阿加莎·克里斯蒂的经典代表作之一。故事讲述了行进在尼罗河上的一起游艇上发生的三起杀人事件及大侦探赫尔克里·波洛（Hercule Poirot）对事件的调查，终于波洛将游客召集起来，揭示了三起案件的真相。由该书改编而成的同名电影也是经典的译制片之一，曾获奥斯卡和金球奖提名。
推荐理由：
1.阿加莎名作，英国《泰晤士报》评价称：这本书必须读两次，一次欣赏故事文笔，一次研究情节设置；
2.英文原版，语言简练，情节生动，阅读难度不大，中学水平即可读懂；
3.书本轻巧便携，纸质护眼，阅读舒适。
媒体评论：
一定要读两次，一次是享受阅读的过程，第二次探究精巧的结构。——《泰晤士报》
我要为这人类能想到的精彩的不在场证明脱帽致敬。——《星期日泰晤士报》
要看一位作者是否是真正的大家，就要看作品里次要人物的塑造……这本书里所有的角色都有自己的生命。——《卫报》
Review
“The construction is flawless.” Daily Mail
“Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.” The Times
“The main alibi is of the first brilliance … the deive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.” Observer
“A peach of a case for Poirot. I take my hat off to the author for as ingenious an alibi as can well be imagined.” Sunday Times
琳内特·里奇卫拥有一切——年轻、美貌、过人的头脑，而且还继承了巨额财产。但出乎所有人的意料，她闪电般地与自己的地产经纪人，也就是好友奎杰琳的男友多伊尔结了婚。婚后幸福的二人决定去埃及度蜜月。决意复仇的杰奎琳、偷偷在琳内特财产上做了手脚的律师，以及其他许多似乎是外人的游客，与他们登上了同一条船。在尼罗河上，惨案发生了，一颗子弹贯穿了熟睡中的琳内特的头颅……
Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life.
Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Yet in this exotic setting’ nothing is ever quite what it seems…
无可争议的侦探小说女王，侦探文学伟大的作家之一。阿加莎·克里斯蒂原名为阿加莎·玛丽·克拉丽莎·米勒，一八九○年九月十五日生于英国德文郡托基的阿什菲尔德宅邸。她几乎没有接受过正规的教育，但酷爱阅读，尤其痴迷于歇洛克·福尔摩斯的故事。
第1次世界大战期间，阿加莎·克里斯蒂成了一名志愿者。战争结束后，她创作了自己的侦探小说《斯泰尔斯庄园奇案》。几经周折，作品于一九二○正式出版，由此开启了克里斯蒂辉煌的创作生涯。一九二六年，《罗杰疑案》由哈珀柯林斯出版公司出版。这部作品一举奠定了阿加莎·克里斯蒂在侦探文学领域不可撼动的地位。之后，她又陆续出版了《东方快车谋杀案》、《ABC谋杀案》、《尼罗河上的惨案》、《无人生还》、《阳光下的罪恶》等脍炙人口的作品。时至今日，这些作品依然是世界侦探文学宝库里宝贵的财富。根据她的小说改编而成的舞台剧《捕鼠器》，已经成为世界上公演场次很多的剧目；而在影视改编方面，《东方快车谋杀案》为英格丽·褒曼斩获奥斯卡大奖，《尼罗河上的惨案》更是成为了几代人心目中的经典。
阿加莎·克里斯蒂的创作生涯持续了五十余年，总共创作了八十部侦探小说。她的作品畅销全世界一百多个国家和地区，累计销量已经突破二十亿册。她创造的小胡子侦探波洛和老处女侦探马普尔小姐为读者津津乐道。阿加莎·克里斯蒂是柯南·道尔之后伟大的侦探小说作家，是侦探文学黄金时代的开创者和集大成者。一九七一年，英国女王授予克里斯蒂爵士称号，以表彰其不朽的贡献。
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
CHAPTER 1 “Linnet Ridgeway!”
“That’s Her!” said Mr Burnaby, the landlord of the Three Crowns.
He nudged his companion.
The two men stared with round bucolic eyes and slightly open mouths.
A big scarlet Rolls-Royce had just stopped in front of the local post office.
A girl jumped out, a girl without a hat and wearing a frock that looked (but only looked) simple. A girl with golden hair and straight autocratic features--a girl with a lovely shape--a girl such as was seldom seen in Malton-under-Wode.
With a quick imperative step she passed into the post office.
“That’s her!’! said Mr Burnaby again. And he went on in a low awed voice.
“Millions she’s got.... Going to spend thousands on the place. Swimming pools there’s going to be, and Italian gardens and a ballroom and a half of the house pulled down and rebuilt…”
“She’ll bring money into the town,” said his friend. He was a lean seedy-looking man. His tone was envious and grudging.
Mr Burnaby agreed.
“Yes, it’s a great thing for Malton-under-Wode. A great thing it is.”
Mr Burnabywas complacent about it.
“Wake us all up proper,” he added.
“Bit of a difference from Sir George,” said the other.
“Ah, it was the ’orses did for him,” said Mr Burnaby indulgently. “Never ’ad no luck.”
“What did he get for the place?” “A cool sixty thousand, so I’ve heard.” The lean man whistled.
Mr Burnaby went on triumphantly: “And they say she’ll have spent another sixty thousand before she’s finished!”
“Wicked!” said the lean man. “Where’d she get all that money from?”
“America, so I’ve heard. Her mother was the only daughter of one of those millionaire blokes. Quite like the pictures, isn’t it?” The girl came out of the post office and climbed into the car.
