Jaclyn Goldis is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and NYU School of Law. She practiced estate planning law at a large Chicago firm for seven years before leaving her job to travel the world and write novels. After culling her possessions into only what would fit in a backpack, she traveled for over a year until settling in Tel Aviv, where she can often be found writing from cafés near the beach. She is the author of The Chateau and The Main Character.
At CrimeReads Goldis tagged six favorite mysteries set in luxurious destinations, including:
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieRead about another title on the list.
The Queen of Mystery renders one of her finest in this thriller set on a river cruise down the Nile. Agatha Christie spentsignificant time in her beloved Egypt, both as a child and as an adult traveling with her archeologist second husband. (Her non-fiction account of those times in her memoir, Come, Tell Me How You Live, is not to be missed.) In Death on the Nile, Christie crafts a brilliant, riveting mystery with a most enticing backdrop. As a glamorous steamer boat filled with an array of intriguing passengers makes its way down the river, and excursions embark to pyramids and temples, it becomes clear that something sinister is afoot. Poirot’s little gray cells are in prime form in this, my personal favorite of the entire Christie oeuvre.
Death on the Nile is among Marisha Pessl's six favorite stories of suspense and Sophia Bennett's top ten books set in the Mediterranean.
--Marshal Zeringue
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