Characters in Death on the Nile

Hercule Poirot

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

Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, Mystery of the Blue Train, Black Coffee, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express

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 Cards on the Table

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.

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.