“Death on the Nile” starts off by taking place in Malton-Under-Wode which is a fictional place in a country village of England. The reason the story takes place here and why our main character, Linnet Ridgeway, is here is because she purchased the estate of the late Sir George Wode. There are many changes in setting, even as far as going to New York and this is to introduce new characters that become important to the story later on. Eventually, the story largely takes place in southern Egypt. So far, the story is mainly in this country village in order to introduce characters that become very important, such as Simon, Jackie, and Poirot.