num_pages: 267
description: In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie presents the puzzle of a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...
language: English
title: Death Comes as the End
titlecomplete: Death Comes as the End
characters: Khay, Esa (Death Comes as the End), Renisenb, Hori, Imhotep (Death Comes as the End), Sobek (Death Comes as the End), Yahmose, Ipy, Satipy, Kait, Henet, Nofret, Ankh, Kameni
genres: Classics, Historical, Mystery, Egypt, Detective, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 22805
places: Africa, Thebes
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks