Death on the Nile Audiobook

Plot introduction

While dining at chic restaurant, Chez Ma Tante, Poirot overhears Jacqueline de
Bellefort and Simon Doyle speaking to one another, and is concerned by the depth
of her love for him. When next he meets her it is far away, in Egypt, and Simon
Doyle is married to the woman who was once Jacqueline de Bellefort's best friend:
the wealthy and beautiful Linnet Ridgeway. Jacqueline seems determined to have her
revenge on them both. Can Poirot persuade her to abandon a course of action that
promises disaster to everyone?
Plot summary

Jacqueline follows Simon and Linnet on their honeymoon, appearing without warning
wherever they visit. When Simon suggests taking a river cruise aboard the Karnak,
he lays a false trail and they think they have escaped, but Jacqueline is there
once again and now they are trapped with her. When a boulder is apparently aimed
at Linnet's head on a visit ashore, Jacqueline is immediately suspected but proves
to have been away from where the incident takes place. (This later proves to be a
piece of misdirection. The boulder was dislodged, possibly by accident but more
likely on purpose, by Linnet's American legal representative, Mr. Pennington, who
is keen to conceal irregularities in his dealings on her behalf. Jim Fanthorp,
working for Linnet's English legal representatives, has been sent incognito to
thwart Pennington's plans.)

In a dramatic scene after Linnet has gone to bed, Jacqueline shoots Simon in the
leg with a pistol that is kicked away under a sofa (and which later is discovered
to have disappeared completely). Full of repentance, Jacqueline is taken to be
sedated and watched over. Dr. Bessner is awoken and tends to Simon to his cabin
where his wound is dressed. Both therefore appear to have perfect alibis when it
is discovered that Linnet has been shot in the head. Why then, has a J apparently
been drawn on the wall in order to incriminate Jacqueline, while her pistol has
been thrown into the river?
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