Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Black Sheep cleanup, removing misuse and ZCE
Deleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
* BlackSheep: Sobek, the second son, is a hard-drinking womanizer who wastes money on expensive dancing girls.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* {{Dedication}}: The book is dedicated to Egyptologist Stephen Glanville, who gave Christie the idea of a detective story set in Ancient Egypt and helped her with the research.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleted line(s) 70 (click to see context) :
* TriangRelations: A Type 7 between Renisenb, her father's advisor Hori, and handsome scribe Kameni. [[spoiler:She chooses Hori in the final paragraphs.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TitleDrop: Esa tries to provide her son, Imhotep, with some sage advice when Nofret first enters the household:
-->"Nofret is beautiful but remember this: Men are made fools by the gleaming limbs of women and lo, in a minute they are become discoloured carnealians. A trife. A likeness of a dream. And death comes as the end."
-->"Nofret is beautiful but remember this: Men are made fools by the gleaming limbs of women and lo, in a minute they are become discoloured carnealians. A trife. A likeness of a dream. And death comes as the end."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BigBadSlippage: The BigBad [[spoiler:was originally TheDutifulSon and a meek HenpeckedHusband, who only became an evil serial killer over the course of the story.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moving to trivia
Deleted line(s) 25 (click to see context) :
* CreatorsOddball: Agatha Christie's only work of historical fiction (though it's still a murder mystery).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
TRS cleanup
* CreatorsOddball: Agatha Christie's only work of historical fiction (though it's still a murder mystery).
Deleted line(s) 62 (click to see context) :
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Agatha Christie's only work of historical fiction (though it's still a murder mystery).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: As the story goes on, people start dying until there's almost one per chapter.
Changed line(s) 24,25 (click to see context) from:
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In the linen storeroom, Henet taunts the spirit of Imhotep's dead wife: "I'm the mistress here now and I'm telling you that your linen will bandage yet another body. And whose body is that, do you think?" - moments before the killer sneaks up behind her and mummifies her alive in linen.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[{{Squick}} would do that today]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[{{Squick}} would do that today]].
to:
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In In the linen storeroom, Henet [[spoiler:Henet]] taunts the spirit of Imhotep's dead wife: "I'm the mistress here now and I'm telling you that your linen will bandage yet another body. And whose body is that, do you think?" - moments before the killer sneaks [[spoiler:sneaks up behind her and mummifies her alive in linen.]]
]]
*DeliberateValuesDissonance: DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[{{Squick}} would do thattoday]].today]].
** The murder of a slave gets very litle angst from other characters.
*
** Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[{{Squick}} would do that
** The murder of a slave gets very litle angst from other characters.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Kait is revealed to be one (although being married to Sobek probably didn't help her viewpoint). She sees them as useful only for begetting children.
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yahmose, after killing Nofret.]] He is initially the kindest and most patient son of the family, but he has been repressing his anger and resentment for several years. The initial murder gives him a sense of joy and power, so he goes from being kind to being a serial killer who starts killing indiscriminately.
to:
* DysfunctionJunction: Like any Christie novel:
** Imhotep is a self-important ka-priest charged with maintaining the tomb of a long-dead official completely under the thumb of his mother and wife, and a ControlFreak who thinks everything goes wrong when he's not around to supervise things.
** Yahmose is a dutiful, not-too-bright son terrified of things going wrong while the domain is under his responsibility. His wife Satipy is a horrid shrew constantly rebuking him for his failures.
** Sobek is a ladies' man convinced of his own exceptional worth as a businessman, married to Kait, who's more interested in her children than him.
** Ipy is a teenaged SpoiledBrat who's angry that he's constantly being treated like a child... despite, y'know, always acting like one.
** Esa is Imhotep's domineering mother, though she's nicer than most of the cast.
** Henet is a resentful servant always complaining that no one is grateful to her for her efforts.
** Nofret is a TrophyWife brought from a much livelier city to a backwater who amuses herself by being an AlphaBitch to everyone.
** Renisenb is Imphotep's recently-widowed daughter, who has only her own daughter to remind her of her husband.
** The only comparatively normal people are Hori and Kameni (and even then, Kameni causes trouble by [[spoiler:turning down Nofret]]).
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yahmose, after killing Nofret.]] He is initiallythe [[spoiler:the kindest and most patient son of the family, but he has been repressing his anger and resentment for several years. years.]] The initial murder gives him [[spoiler:him]] a sense of joy and power, so he [[spoiler:he goes from being kind to being a serial killer who starts killing indiscriminately. indiscriminately.]]
** Imhotep is a self-important ka-priest charged with maintaining the tomb of a long-dead official completely under the thumb of his mother and wife, and a ControlFreak who thinks everything goes wrong when he's not around to supervise things.
** Yahmose is a dutiful, not-too-bright son terrified of things going wrong while the domain is under his responsibility. His wife Satipy is a horrid shrew constantly rebuking him for his failures.
** Sobek is a ladies' man convinced of his own exceptional worth as a businessman, married to Kait, who's more interested in her children than him.
** Ipy is a teenaged SpoiledBrat who's angry that he's constantly being treated like a child... despite, y'know, always acting like one.
** Esa is Imhotep's domineering mother, though she's nicer than most of the cast.
** Henet is a resentful servant always complaining that no one is grateful to her for her efforts.
** Nofret is a TrophyWife brought from a much livelier city to a backwater who amuses herself by being an AlphaBitch to everyone.
** Renisenb is Imphotep's recently-widowed daughter, who has only her own daughter to remind her of her husband.
** The only comparatively normal people are Hori and Kameni (and even then, Kameni causes trouble by [[spoiler:turning down Nofret]]).
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yahmose, after killing Nofret.]] He is initially
* ObliviousToLove: Renisenb doesn't get why Nofret is so horrible or Kameni so nice to her. Only at the end, once Kameni proposes, does she figure out that Kameni rejected Nofret's advances.
Changed line(s) 40,41 (click to see context) from:
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Yahmose, very very much. He is the dutiful son of a domineering father, overshadowed by his asshole brothers, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He has been repressing his resentment for several years, but he reaches his breaking point and becomes AxCrazy.]]
** To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother.
** To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother.
to:
* TheResenter: TheResenter:
** [[spoiler:Yahmose, very verymuch. much.]] He is the dutiful son of a domineering father, overshadowed by his asshole brothers, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He [[spoiler:He has been repressing his resentment for several years, but he reaches his breaking point and becomes AxCrazy.]]
** To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother. Whether her shamelessly flattering devotion to Imhotep is real or feigned (he's the ''only'' one in the household who likes her) is undetermined.
** [[spoiler:Yahmose, very very
** To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother. Whether her shamelessly flattering devotion to Imhotep is real or feigned (he's the ''only'' one in the household who likes her) is undetermined.
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
* SelfPoisoningGambit The killer intentionally drinks poisoned wine [[spoiler:in order to kill his brother. The killer is careful to only drink enough to make himself sick. Because he is known as a man of moderation, while his brother tends towards excess, no one is surprised that the killer has only consumed a little of the wine and survives, while his brother consumes a lot and dies. And because he was the first to drink the wine, this also sets up the killer's alibi, since it makes it appear that he was the target and the brother was collateral damage.]]
to:
* SelfPoisoningGambit SelfPoisoningGambit: The killer intentionally drinks poisoned wine [[spoiler:in order to kill his brother. The killer is careful to only drink enough to make himself sick. Because he is known as a man of moderation, while his brother tends towards excess, no one is surprised that the killer has only consumed a little of the wine and survives, while his brother consumes a lot and dies. And because he was the first to drink the wine, this also sets up the killer's alibi, since it makes it appear that he was the target and the brother was collateral damage.]]
Changed line(s) 49,51 (click to see context) from:
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:Yahmose was only momentarily this as he killed Nofret in a rage after being pushed to the bounds of endurance and snapping. However, the trope promptly dissolves as he discovers a newfound sense of power from committing murder, and becomes outright evil.]]
* TalkingInYourSleep: The reason [[spoiler:Satipy]] had to die. She knew the identity of the murderer and was actually willing to help him maintain his secret. But she risked revealing said secret by talking in her sleep and being overheard.
* ThemeNaming: the chapter titles are all taken from the Egyptian agricultural calendar, which also provides a timeline of events.
* TalkingInYourSleep: The reason [[spoiler:Satipy]] had to die. She knew the identity of the murderer and was actually willing to help him maintain his secret. But she risked revealing said secret by talking in her sleep and being overheard.
* ThemeNaming: the chapter titles are all taken from the Egyptian agricultural calendar, which also provides a timeline of events.
to:
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:Yahmose was only momentarily this as he killed Nofret in a rage after being pushed to the bounds of endurance and snapping. ]] However, the trope promptly dissolves as he discovers a newfound sense of power from committing murder, and becomes outright evil.]]
evil.
* TalkingInYourSleep: The reason [[spoiler:Satipy]] had to die. She knew the identity of the murderer and was actually willing (well, terrified into) to help him maintain his secret. But she risked revealing said secret by talking in her sleep and being overheard.
* ThemeNaming:the The chapter titles are all taken from the Egyptian agricultural calendar, which also provides a timeline of events.
* TalkingInYourSleep: The reason [[spoiler:Satipy]] had to die. She knew the identity of the murderer and was actually willing (well, terrified into) to help him maintain his secret. But she risked revealing said secret by talking in her sleep and being overheard.
* ThemeNaming:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Agatha Christie's only work of historical fiction.
to:
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Agatha Christie's only work of historical fiction.fiction (though it's still a murder mystery).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Yahmose.]] The initial murder causes feeling of joy and power in him, so he starts repeatingly killing almost everyone in his extended family and household. Some for vengeance, some to cover his tracks, some because he enjoyed it.
to:
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Yahmose.]] The initial murder [[EvilFeelsGood causes feeling of joy and power in him, him]], so he starts repeatingly killing almost everyone in his extended family and household. Some for vengeance, some to cover his tracks, some because he enjoyed it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ReplacementGoldfish: Kameni resembles Renisenb's first husband: when she first sees him, for a moment she thinks her husband has come back from the dead. [[spoiler:She is attracted to Kameni and at one point becomes engaged to him, but eventually chooses Hori]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7,8 (click to see context) from:
In August 2016, BBC announced a seven-book adaptation deal, with this book as one of the initial three named. After some delays, very late 2018/very early 2019 it was announced that a BBC adaptation was in pre-production; presumably to be screened in December 2019.
to:
In August 2016, BBC announced a seven-book adaptation deal, with this book as one of the initial three named. After some delays, very late 2018/very early 2019 it was announced that a BBC adaptation was in pre-production; presumably to be screened in December 2019.
2021.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deathastheend.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* InsistsOnBeingSuspected: Renisenb and Hori meet with the family matriarch Esa to discuss the mysterious string of deaths in the family. Esa outright says that ''anyone'' could be the killer, no matter how unlikely-seeming -- including the three of them. Esa even suggests a plausible motive that could have driven her to commit the murders, as does Hori.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
In August 2016, BBC announced a seven-book adaptation deal, with this book as one of the initial three named; however, no screening date or further information has been released about adapting this book.
to:
In August 2016, BBC announced a seven-book adaptation deal, with this book as one of the initial three named; however, no screening date or further information has been released about adapting this book.
named. After some delays, very late 2018/very early 2019 it was announced that a BBC adaptation was in pre-production; presumably to be screened in December 2019.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* DisneyVillainDeath: Nofret, the wicked stepmother of the setting (though perhaps younger than her stepchildren) is thrown down a cliff. [[spoiler:Satipy also loosely counts; she is unpleasant and domineering, but not an outright villain. The killer throws her down the same cliff]]
to:
* DisneyVillainDeath: Nofret, the wicked stepmother of the setting (though perhaps younger than her stepchildren) is thrown down a cliff. [[spoiler:Satipy also loosely counts; she is unpleasant and domineering, but not an outright villain. The killer throws her down the same cliff]]cliff.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* DisneyVillainDeath: Nofret, the wicked stepmother of the setting (though perhaps younger than her stepchildren) is thrown down a cliff. [[spoiler:Satipy also loosely counts; she is unpleasant and domineering, but not an outright villain.]]
to:
* DisneyVillainDeath: Nofret, the wicked stepmother of the setting (though perhaps younger than her stepchildren) is thrown down a cliff. [[spoiler:Satipy also loosely counts; she is unpleasant and domineering, but not an outright villain.]] The killer throws her down the same cliff]]
Changed line(s) 36,37 (click to see context) from:
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Yahmose, very very much. He is the dutiful son of a domineering father, overshadowed by his asshole brothers, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He has been repressing his resentment for several years, but he reaches his breaking point and becomes AxCrazy. Also, to a lesser extent, Henet.]]
* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]] He is a handsome love interest to a young widow, but she chooses a suitor who actually saved her life and has deeper feelings for her.
* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]] He is a handsome love interest to a young widow, but she chooses a suitor who actually saved her life and has deeper feelings for her.
to:
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Yahmose, very very much. He is the dutiful son of a domineering father, overshadowed by his asshole brothers, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He has been repressing his resentment for several years, but he reaches his breaking point and becomes AxCrazy. Also, to a lesser extent, Henet.]]
**To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother.
* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]] He is a handsome love interest to a young widow,but and somewhat resembles her first husband in personality. But she instead chooses a suitor who is older in age than Kameni, but actually saved her life and has deeper feelings for her.
**To a lesser extend Henet. She is the long-serving housekeeper of the family, and has been feigning loyalty and devotion for decades. But she admits to Renisenb that she has hated most of her masters, including Renisenb's long-dead mother.
* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]] He is a handsome love interest to a young widow,
Changed line(s) 39,40 (click to see context) from:
%%* SerialKiller
%%* TheSociopath: Sobek has shades of this. [[spoiler:However, Yahmose tops him before too long.]]
%%* TheSociopath: Sobek has shades of this. [[spoiler:However, Yahmose tops him before too long.]]
to:
%%*
* TheSociopath: Sobek has shades of this. A hard-drinking spendthrift with anger-management issues and a tendency to take out his anger in animals (such as killing a cobra to blow off some steam). [[spoiler:However, Yahmose tops him before too
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
%%* SpoiledBrat: Ipy.
to:
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
%%* TalkingInYourSleep: The reason [[spoiler:Satipy]] had to die.
to:
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* UnknownRival: Nofret has the hots for her husband's handsome young scribe Kameni, who's attracted to his employer's daughter Reniseb, who isn't attracted to him as she's still grieving for her dead husband. It takes Reniseb a while to realize why Nofret dislikes her in particular.
to:
* UnknownRival: Nofret has the hots for her husband's handsome young scribe Kameni, who's who is attracted to his employer's daughter Reniseb, who isn't attracted to him as she's she is still grieving for her dead husband. It takes Reniseb a while to realize why Nofret dislikes her in particular.
Changed line(s) 51,52 (click to see context) from:
%%* WhosLaughingNow]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30,31 (click to see context) from:
%%* HenpeckedHusband: Yahmose.
%%* HistoricalDetectiveFiction
%%* HistoricalDetectiveFiction
to:
%%* HistoricalDetectiveFiction
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction: A series of Murders in the late 21st or early 20th century BC is investigated by members of the affected family.
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* IHaveNoSon: Imhotep does this to ''all three'' of his sons after one of their wives retaliated against Nofret. Ironically, [[spoiler:by the end of the novel, all three sons are dead - but it is expected that Hori will become his son-in-law.]]
to:
* IHaveNoSon: Imhotep does this to ''all three'' of his sons after one of their wives retaliated against Nofret. Ironically, [[spoiler:by the end of the novel, all three sons are dead - but and he lacks a male heir. But it is expected that Hori will become his son-in-law.]]
Changed line(s) 36,37 (click to see context) from:
%%* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Yahmose, very very much. Also, to a lesser extent, Henet.]]
%%* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]]
%%* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Kameni is a benign example.]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
%%* DisneyVillainDeath: Nofret. [[spoiler:Satipy also loosely counts; she is unpleasant and domineering, but not an outright villain.]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
%%* CoolOldLady: Esa.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
%%* TheAlcoholic: Sobek.
%%* AncientEgypt
%%* AncientEgypt
to:
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
%%* AssholeVictim: All of the victims count except [[spoiler:Esa and the slave boy.]]
to:
Changed line(s) 25,27 (click to see context) from:
%%* TheDutifulSon: Yahmose.
%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yahmose, after killing Nofret.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It rustles in the bushes when Henet is washing. [[spoiler: Oh, it's just Yahmose. Nothing happens. Well, next time he kills her.]]
%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yahmose, after killing Nofret.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It rustles in the bushes when Henet is washing. [[spoiler: Oh, it's just Yahmose. Nothing happens. Well, next time he kills her.]]
to:
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[Squick would do that today]].
to:
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[Squick [[{{Squick}} would do that today]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Citing historical precedent, Christie has her married couples refer to each other as "brother" or "sister", terms used interchangeably in Egyptian text with "husband" and "wife". Not too many couples [[Squick would do that today]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* UnknownRival: Nofret has the hots for her husband's handsome young scribe Kameni, who's attracted to his employer's daughter Reniseb, who isn't attracted to him as she's still grieving for her dead husband. It takes Reniseb a while to realize why Nofret dislikes her in particular.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
In August 2016, BBC announced that an adaptation would be screening in 2017; however, no screening date or further information has been released since.
to:
In August 2016, BBC announced that an a seven-book adaptation would be screening in 2017; deal, with this book as one of the initial three named; however, no screening date or further information has been released since.
about adapting this book.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
In August 2016, BBC announced that an adaptation would be screening in 2017; however, as of August 2017, no screening date or further information has been released.
to:
In August 2016, BBC announced that an adaptation would be screening in 2017; however, as of August 2017, no screening date or further information has been released.
released since.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* StartToCorpse: Quite a long one. The first corpse appears well over a third of the way through the novel, following a slow-paced heightening of ominous tension.
