Both Marie and Euphemia insist they are innocent, and it's revealed that Euphemia is actually responsible for Poirot being on the boat to investigate Bouc's girlfriend Rosalie Otterbourne (Letitia Wright). Poirot does his Poirot thing and it seems anybody could have killed Linnet, but fingers soon point to Linnet's godmother Marie Van Schuyler (Jennifer Saunders) after the gun is recovered from the ocean floor wrapped in Marie's scarf.Īnother likely suspect soon comes up when Linnet's necklace is found in Bouc's (Tom Bateman) mother Euphemia's (Annette Bening) room. When they go to dispose of the gun, they are unable to find it, and Linnet's necklace is missing after she's found dead. Linnet accuses Jacqueline of trying to kill her and is backed up by Simon who, in turn, is shot in the leg by Jacqueline. The day before Linnet's murder, she narrowly avoided being crushed by a falling boulder when visiting Abu Simbel. These include Linus Windlesham (Russell Brand) who was in love with Linnet, her put-upon maid Louise Bourget (Rose Leslie) and Linnet's lawyer Andrew Katchadourian (Ali Fazal) who has secretly been stealing from her.

Jacqueline had even made her way on board their cruise ship, which is filled with other people who might have killed Linnet.

She had previously approached Poirot for help with Jacqueline de Bellefort (Emma Mackey), the previous fiancée of Linnet's new husband Simon Doyle (Armie Hammer) who had stalked the couple all the way to Egypt. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Death on the Nile ending explained: Who is the killer?įirst things first, the unfortunate victim is the newly married Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Gal Gadot) who is found dead in her bed one morning during their honeymoon cruise, with a single gunshot to the head.

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