The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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Poirot went to Egypt to solve the mystery of the curse of the pharaoh’s tomb. But it turns out that people die not at all from the curse, but from the greed of one of the expedition members.

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A story from the Hercule Poirot series. Two archaeologists were excavating in Egypt and discovered the tomb of an ancient pharaoh. Suddenly, both scientists (Sir John Willard and Mr. Blineber) tragically died, and soon after, Blineber’s nephew, Rupert, shot himself in New York. The newspapers ran the story of the Egyptian curse. Lady Willard, John Willard’s widow turned to Hercule Poirot, fearing for the life of her son, who is also involved in the excavations.

Poirot and Hastings traveled to Egypt and discovered that another man had died on the expedition. After a brief investigation, Poirot identifies the culprit — it turns out to be Dr. Ames, the surgeon on the expedition. Rupert was Bleibner’s heir, and the doctor was to be Rupert’s heir. Sir John Willard died of natural causes, and Mr. Bleibner was killed by the doctor and invented the legend of the curse. To his nephew, however, he told Ames that he had contracted leprosy, whereupon Rupert shot himself. Realizing he had been exposed, Ames drank the poison capsule.