Characters in Death on the Nile

Hercule Poirot

On holiday in Egypt, the detective is drawn into a shipboard murder.

Also in The Chocolate Box, The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Lemesurier Inheritance, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

Colonel Race

A reserved ex-Army colonel aboard the Karnak on business of his own, who becomes Poirot's investigative ally; a recurring Christie figure who also appears in Cards on the Table and Sparkling Cyanide.

Also in The Man in the Brown Suit, Cards on the Table, Sparkling Cyanide

Linnet Ridgeway Doyle

A young, beautiful, and immensely rich heiress, accustomed to getting what she wants; newly married, she is the center of the resentments that gather around the cruise.

Simon Doyle

Linnet's handsome new husband, formerly engaged to her friend.

Mrs Allerton

A gracious, sharp-eyed widow traveling with her son, who warms to Poirot and takes an interest in his observations.

Also in Curtain

Tim Allerton

Mrs Allerton's grown son and traveling companion, idle and faintly discontented, who grows close to Rosalie Otterbourne during the voyage.

Salome Otterbourne

A florid romantic novelist convinced of her own fame, whose drinking is a source of strain aboard the boat.

Rosalie Otterbourne

Salome's guarded, defensive daughter, who shields her mother and keeps her own counsel.

Andrew Pennington

Linnet's American trustee, who turns up on the cruise unexpectedly and whose interest in her financial affairs invites Poirot's suspicion.

Miss Van Schuyler

An imperious elderly American society dowager traveling with a companion and a niece, jealous of her status.

Jacqueline de Bellefort

Simon's discarded fiancee, who follows the couple with unsettling persistence.

Rufus Van Aldin

Also in The Mystery of the Blue Train

Dr. Carl Bessner

Jim Fanthorp

Mr. Ferguson

Salomè Otterbourne

Cornelia Robson

Marie Van Schuyler

Joanna Southwood

Lady Ariadne Grayle

Miss Elsie MacNaughton

Pamela Grayle

Sir George Grayle

Basil West

Mohammed, the dragoman

A Cairo official

The Honourable Joanna Southwood

Mr Parker Pyne

Also in Parker Pyne Investigates, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, Problem at Pollensa Bay