<P> Poirot clears up the lesser mysteries of the case : Pennington had illegally speculated with Linnet 's holdings , and had planned to replace the stolen funds before she came of age . Her marriage forced him to take desperate measures and to attempt to dupe her into signing legal documents to exculpate him . When this failed , he attempted to kill her with the boulder at the temple ruins . Fanthorp was on the cruise merely to investigate him on behalf of Linnet 's British solicitors , who were suspicious of Pennington 's intentions . Tim Allerton stole the pearls from Linnet but did not kill her . Allerton agrees to return the pearls and to reform his ways , asking Rosalie 's hand in marriage . Richetti is found to be a foreign agent and the man Race was seeking . Finally , Poirot reveals that Linnet 's murder was committed together by Jacqueline and Simon , who had planned it months in advance . </P>
<P> Poirot clears up the lesser mysteries of the case : Pennington had illegally speculated with Linnet 's holdings , and had planned to replace the stolen funds before she came of age . Her marriage forced him to take desperate measures and to attempt to dupe her into signing legal documents to exculpate him . When this failed , he attempted to kill her with the boulder at the temple ruins . Fanthorp was on the cruise merely to investigate him on behalf of Linnet 's British solicitors , who were suspicious of Pennington 's intentions . Tim Allerton stole the pearls from Linnet but did not kill her . Allerton agrees to return the pearls and to reform his ways , asking Rosalie 's hand in marriage . Richetti is found to be a foreign agent and the man Race was seeking . Finally , Poirot reveals that Linnet 's murder was committed together by Jacqueline and Simon , who had planned it months in advance . </P>
who did it in death on the nile
who did it in death on the nile
Jacqueline and Simon
Jacqueline and Simon