Death Comes as the End
To PROFESSOR S.R.K.GLANVILLE
Dear Stephen,
It was you who originally suggested to me the idea of a detective story set in Ancient Egypt, and but for your active help and encouragement this book would never have been written.
I want to say here how much I have enjoyed all the interesting literature you have lent me and to thank you once more for the patience with which you have answered my qustions and for the time and trouble you have expended. The pleasure and interest which the writing of the book has brought to me you already know.
Your affectionate and grateful friend, Agatha Christie
UK
Collins, London, Mar. 1945
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Oct. 1944

Plot

It 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 she deserved to die like a snake.
Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.

Characters

Esa • Henet • Hori • Imhotep • Ipy • Kait • Kameni • Divine Father Mersu • Nofret • Renisenb • Satipy • Sobek • Yahmose

UK/US covers

Dodd, Mead and Company

Collins / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Pocket Books

Penguin Books

Pan Books

other publishers

Western Europe covers

La mort n'est pas une fin

French index

Le Masque (#511) 1955

Club des Masques (#90) 1970

Le Livre de Poche (#6115) 1985

other publishers

En het einde is de dood

Dutch index


Rächende Geister

German index


Northern Europe covers

Slutet blir döden

Swedish index


Det ender med mord // Det ender med død

Danish index


Det ender med døden

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Kaikki päättyy kuolemaan

Finnish index


Eitt sinn skal hver deyja

Icelandic index


Surm lõpetab kõik

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Paskui ateina mirtis

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Southern Europe covers

C'era una volta

Italian index


La Venganza de Nofret

Spanish index


La mort, certament


E no Final a Morte / Morrer não é o Fim / A Morte Não é o Fim

Portuguese index

E no Final a Morte


Morrer não é o Fim


A Morte Não é o Fim


Τ΄ άστρα μιλούν για θάνατο / Στο τέλος έρχεται ο θάνατος / Ο θάνατος έβαλε τελεία

Greek index

Τ΄ άστρα μιλούν για θάνατο


Στο τέλος έρχεται ο θάνατος


Ο θάνατος έβαλε τελεία


Nofret se sveti / Смрт долази на крају / Smrt dolazi na kraju

former Yugoslavia index


Smrt dolazi na kraju

former Yugoslavia index


Smrt pride na koncu

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Nakoniec príde smrť

Slovak index


Nakonec přijde smrt

Czech index


És eljő a halál...

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Накрая идва смъртта

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Zakończeniem jest śmierć

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Moartea vine ca un sfârșit

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Наприкінці приходить смерть

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Смерть приходит в конце // Месть Нофрет

Russian index

Смерть приходит в конце


Месть Нофрет


Middle East & Asian covers

სიკვდილი ბოლოს მოდის

Georgian index

Sonunda Ölüm Geldi // Firavun Ağacı / 4000 Yıl Önce İşlenen Cinayet / Yılan İçini Döktü

Turkish index


המוות בא לבסוף

Hebrew index


الموت يأتي في النهاية / ابنة الفراعنة / الموت بالمرصاد / في النهاية يأتي الموت

Arabic index

الموت يأتي في النهاية


ابنة الفراعنة


الموت بالمرصاد


في النهاية يأتي الموت


نهاية المطاف


غادة طيبة


مرگ، فرجام کار است / مرگ نقطه پایان / و سرانجام مرگ

Persian index

مرگ نقطه پایان


و سرانجام مرگ


مرگ، فرجام کار است


ডেথ কামস্‌ অ্যাজ দা এন্ড

South Asia index


මිසර ගම්මානයක අභිරහස

South Asia index


Ledakan Dendam

Indonesian index


ย้อนกาลฆาตกรรม / ฆาตกรรมยุคฟาโรห์ / ซ้อนกลฆาตกรรม

Thai index

ย้อนกาลฆาตกรรม


ฆาตกรรมยุคฟาโรห์


Tận Cùng Là Cái Chết

Vietnamese index


死亡終局 / 死亡终局 / 死亡終有時

Chinese index

死亡終局


死亡终局


死亡終有時


死が最後にやってくる

Japanese index


마지막으로 죽음이 온다 / 마지막으로 죽음이 오다

Korean index