Anna Ridgeway

In the novel Death on the Nile, Anna Ridgeway (née Hartz) was the wife of Melhuish Ridgeway, and the mother of Linnet Doyle. Anna was the only daughter of an American millionaire Leopold Hartz from whom she inherited a vast fortune which was presumably expanded by her husband who was a clever and successful financier. This wealth subsequently passed on to Linnet Doyle.