Murder on the Nile

The couple are on their honeymoon and are at present on a paddle steamer on the Nile

With them is Canon Pennefather, Kay's guardian, and Jacqueline, who has been dogging their footsteps all through the honeymoon

Also on the boat are a rich, ill tempered old woman with her niece and companion, a rather direct young man, a German who nurses a grudge against Kay's father and Kay's maid

During the voyage Jacqueline works herself into a state of hysteria and shoots at Simon, wounding him in the knee

A few moments later Kay is found shot in her bunk

By the time the boat reaches its destination, Canon Pennefather has laid bare an audacious conspiracy and has made sure the criminals shall not go free