n nIn Death Comes As the End, Dame Agatha Christie transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C. where a priests daughter, investigating a suspicious death, uncovers an asps nest of jealousy, betrayal, and serial murder.n nIt is Egypt in 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that it was fate--she deserved to die like a snake n nBut at her fathers house on the banks of the Nile, the priests daughter Renisenb believes that the womans death is suspicious. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within their household--and watches helplessly as the familys passions explode in murder. . . .n