Rosalie’s outburst of hatred toward Linnet is surprising, particularly because of its intensity. It could even suggest a hidden motive for murder—in a whodunnit, the central crime is usually foreshadowed by little comments that read differently the second time around. Then again, there are a lot of characters in
Death on the Nile, and Agatha Christie gives many of them motives to commit a crime—some of which are red herrings (purposely misleading clues) and others that relate to totally different secrets.