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Agatha Christie

Death On The Nile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

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Chapter 1

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Chapter One is divided into twelve sections, each of which introduces a character or circumstance that will play a key role in the murder mystery to follow. The characters are scattered across the world, but will convene in Egypt, where (as the title indicates) the murder will occur.

Section One is set in the English village of Malton-under-Wode and introduces the central character, Linnet Ridgeway. Through the townspeople’s conversation, we learn that Linnet is a beautiful young millionaire, the heiress to an American fortune, and that she has recently purchased a local property at a high price from a member of the local gentry, Sir George Wode, who was forced to sell his estate after his gambling left him bankrupt. Linnet is planning to make costly renovations to the property, and the residents of Malton-under-Wode are likely to benefit from the money Linnet will bring to the town.

Section Two is an excerpt from the society page of the Daily Blague. In it we learn that there are rumors Linnet Ridgeway may soon be engaged to a certain Lord Charles Windlesham, and that she has recently been seen at the restaurant Chez Ma Tante with him and

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