Linnet Ridgeway Doyle

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Linnet Ridgeway Doyle is a wealthy and beautiful heiress whose murder aboard a Nile river cruise lies at the heart of Agatha Christie’s novel "Death on the Nile."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Death on the Nile NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre crime fiction
detective fiction
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithTheme betrayal
greed
jealousy
romantic obsession
createdBy Agatha Christie NERFINISHED
createdInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
familyBackground only daughter of a wealthy businessman
fictionalUniverse Hercule Poirot series NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Death on the Nile NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1937
formerFriend Jacqueline de Bellefort NERFINISHED
gender female
hasAdaptationAppearance film adaptations of Death on the Nile
hasGivenName Linnet NERFINISHED
hasMarriedName Doyle NERFINISHED
hasSurname Ridgeway NERFINISHED
inheritsFrom her father
investigatedBy Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
marriedTo Simon Doyle NERFINISHED
murderLocation cabin on the Nile steamer
murderMethod gunshot
murderVictimIn Death on the Nile NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableTrait beautiful
wealthy
young
ownsProperty English country estate
romanticRivalOf Jacqueline de Bellefort NERFINISHED
settingOfDeath Egypt NERFINISHED
River Nile NERFINISHED
socialStatus heiress
wealthy socialite
spouse Simon Doyle NERFINISHED
storyRole catalyst for the plot
central murder victim
travelsOn Nile river cruise NERFINISHED
the steamer Karnak NERFINISHED

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Death on the Nile (novel) featuresCharacter Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
subject surface form: Death on the Nile
Lois Chiles portrayed Linnet Ridgeway Doyle