The works of Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot
Title
Yea
r
The Mysterious Affair at
Styles
1920
The Murder on the Links
1923
Recurring
Adaptations
Cast
[SEE KEY]
Hastings
SUCHET 1990
Japp
MOFFATT 2005
Hastings
MOFFATT 1990
George
SUCHET 1996
Notes
Joseph
Aarons
Poirot Investigates
1924
Hastings
Japp
Insp. Miller
GABEL 1962 [“Mr.
Davenheim”
only]
SUCHET 1990 (x4)
SUCHET 1991 (x3)
SUCHET 1993 (x4)
Short stories:
“Adventure of the Western Star”
“Tragedy at Marsdon Manor”
“Adventure of the Cheap Flat”
“Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge”
“Million Dollar Bond Robbery”
“Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb”
“Jewel Robbery at the Grand
Metropolitan”
“Kidnapped Prime Minister”
“Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim”
“Adventure of the Italian Nobleman”
“Case of the Missing Will”
The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd
1926
TREVOR 1931
[“Alibi”]
Adapted as play: “Alibi”
Russian film [2005]
WELLES 1939
MOFFATT 1987
SUCHET 2000
The Big Four
1927
Hastings
SUCHET 2012
No radio adaptation
Japp
Countess
Rossakoff
Joseph
Aarons
The Mystery of the Blue
Train
1928
Mr. Goby
DENHAM 1985-86
George
SUCHET 2006
Joseph
Aarons
Boris
Ivanovitch
Peril at End House
The Complete Works of Agatha Christie
1932
Hastings
SUCHET 1990
Adapted as play
v2.1 (January 2012)
Japp
MOFFATT 2000
Russian film [1989]
PC game [2007]
Lord Edgware Dies
1933
Hastings
TREVOR 1934
Japp
USTINOV 1985
aka “Thirteen at Dinner”
MOFFATT 1992
SUCHET 2000
Murder on the Orient
Express
1934
FINNEY 1974
PC game [2006]
MOFFATT 1993
MOLINA 2001
SUCHET 2010
Three Act Tragedy
1935
Satterthwait
e
USTINOV 1986
aka “Murder in Three Acts”
MOFFATT 2003
SUCHET 2010
Death in the Clouds
1935
Japp
SUCHET 1992
MOFFATT 2004
The A.B.C Murders
Murder in Mesopotamia
1936
Hastings
RANDALL 1965
aka “The Alphabet Murders”
Japp
SUCHET 1992
Anime adaptation [2000s]
MOFFATT 2000
PC game [2009]
1936
MOFFATT 1994
SUCHET 2001
Cards on the Table
1936
Ariadne
Oliver
Col. Race
SUCHET 2006
Adapted as play (without Poirot)
MOFFATT 2006
Supt. Battle
Maj. Despard
Rhoda
Dawes
Dumb Witness
Death on the Nile
1937
1937
Hastings
SUCHET 1997
George
MOFFATT 200?
Col. Race
SPAULL 1950
USTINOV 1978
MOFFATT 1997
aka “Poirot Loses a Client”
Adapted as play (“Murder on the
Nile” aka “Hidden Horizon”)
PC game [2007]
SUCHET 2004
Murder in the Mews
1937
Hastings
SUCHET 1989 (x3)
Short stories:
Japp
SUCHET 1993 (x1)
“Murder in the Mews”
George
“The Incredible Theft”
Satterthwait
e
“Dead Man’s Mirror”
“Triangle at Rhodes
Appointment with Death
1938
USTINOV 1988
Adapted as play (without Poirot)
MOFFATT 2001
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SUCHET 2008
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
1938
SALLIS 1986
SUCHET 1995
Sad Cypress
1940
Japp
French TV Film adaptation
[2006]
MOFFATT 1992
SUCHET 2003
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Evil Under the Sun
1940
Japp
SUCHET 1992
George
MOFFATT 2010
1941
USTINOV 1982
PC game [2007]
MOFFATT 1999
SUCHET 2001
Five Little Pigs
The Hollow
1942
1946
MOFFATT 1994
aka “Murder in Retrospect”
SUCHET 2003
adapted as play (“Go Back for
Murder”, without Poirot)
SUCHET 2004
No radio adaptation
aka “Murder After Hours”
adapted as play (without Poirot)
The Labours of Hercules
1947
Japp
SUCHET 2012
Countess
Rossakoff
Short stories:
“The Nemean Lion”
“The Lernaean Hydra”
Miss Lemon
“The Arcadian Deer”
George
“The Erymanthian Boar”
“The Augean Stables”
“The Stymphalean Birds”
“The Cretan Bill”
“The Horses of Diomedes”
“The Girdle of Hippolita”
“The Flock of Geryon”
“The Apples of Hesperides”
“The Capture of Cerberus”
Taken at the Flood
1948
Supt.
Spence
MOFFATT 2003
aka “There Is A Tide…”
SUCHET 2006
George
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead
1952
Ariadne
Oliver
Supt. Spence
RUTHERFORD
1964 [“Murder
Most Foul”]
George
MOFFATT 2006
Aka “Blood Will Tell”
SUCHET 2008
After the Funeral
1953
Mr. Goby
George
RUTHERFORD
1963 [“Murder at
the Gallop”]
MOFFATT 1999
The Complete Works of Agatha Christie
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SUCHET 2006
Hickory Dickory Dock
1955
Miss Lemon
SUCHET 1995
No radio adaptation
USTINOV 1986
PC game [2009]
George
Dead Man’s Folly
1956
Ariadne
Oliver
Miss Lemon
Cat Among the Pigeons
1959
George
MOFFATT 2007
SUCHET 2012
SUCHET 2008
No radio adaptation
Miss Lemon
SUCHET 1989 (x2)
Short stories:
George
SUCHET 1991 (x2)
Dr.
Stillingfleet
SUCHET 1993 (x1)
“Adventure of the Christmas
Pudding”
Col.
Pikeaway
Mr.
Robinson
The Adventure of the
Christmas Pudding
1960
Insp. Miller
MOFFATT 2004
“Mystery of the Spanish Chest”
“The Under Dog”
“Four and Twenty Blackbirds”
“The Dream”
The Clocks
1963
George
SUCHET 2011
No radio adaptation
Third Girl
1966
Ariadne
Oliver
SUCHET 2008
No radio adaptation
Mr. Goby
Miss Lemon
George
Dr.
Stillingfleet
Hallowe’en Party
1969
Ariadne
Oliver
Supt. Spence
MOFFATT 1993
SUCHET 2010
George
Elephants Can Remember
1972
Ariadne
Oliver
Mr. Goby
MOFFATT 200?
SUCHET 2013
Miss Lemon
George
Supt. Spence
Poirot’s Early Cases
1974
Hastings
Japp
Countess
Rossakoff
Miss Lemon
George
Insp. Miller
Joseph
Aarons
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SULLIVAN 1937
(“Wasp’s Nest”)
SUCHET 1989 (x5)
SUCHET 1990 (x4)
SUCHET 1991 (x5)
SUCHET 1993 (x1)
Short stories:
“Affair at the Victory Ball”
“Adventure of the Clapham Cook”
“The Cornish Mystery”
“Adventure of Johnnie Waverley”
“The Double Clue”
“The King of Clubs”
“The Lemesurier Inheritance”
v2.1 (January 2012)
[not adapted]
“The Lost Mine”
“The Plymouth Express”
“The Chocolate Box”
“The Submarine Plans”
“The Third Floor Flat”
“Double Sin”
“The Market Basing Mystery”
“Wasp’s Nest”
“The Veiled Lady”
“Problem at Sea”
“How Does Your Garden Grow?”
Curtain
1975
Hastings
SUCHET 2013
No radio adaptation
N/A
Short stories [non-canonical]*:
George
Problem at Pollensa Bay
1991
“The Second Gong”
“Yellow Iris”
While the Light Lasts
1997
Hastings
N/A
Short story [non-canonical]*:
“The Mystery of the Baghdad
Chest”
* Stories published posthumously, all of had been reworked by Christie into longer short stories or
novels, and thus are generally not considered part of the Poirot canon.
see also: plays
Key to adaptations of Poirot
DENHAM = MAURICE DENHAM (BBC RADIO PLAY)
SALLIS = PETER SALLIS (BBC RADIO PLAY)
FINNEY = ALBERT FINNEY (FILM)
SPAULL = GUY SPAULL (TV: “KRAFT TELEVISION
THEATRE”)
GABEL = MARTIN GABEL [TV: “GENERAL ELECTRIC
THEATRE”]
SUCHET= DAVID SUCHET (TV SERIES)
MOFFATT = JOHN MOFFATT (BBC RADIO PLAY)
SULLIVAN = FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN (BBC TV)
MOLINA = ALFRED MOLINA (TV FILM)
TREVOR = AUSTIN TREVOR (FILM)
RANDALL = TONY RANDALL (FILM)
USTINOV = PETER USTINOV (FILM / TV FILM)
RUTHERFORD = MARGARET RUTHERFORD (MARPLE)
WELLES = ORSON WELLES (RADIO()
Miss Jane Marple
The Complete Works of Agatha Christie
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Title
The Murder at the
Vicarage
Yea
r
1930
Recurring
Cast
Adaptations
Notes
[SEE KEY]
Insp. Slack
HICKSON 1987
Dr. Haydock
WHITFIELD 1993
Raymond
MCEWAN 2004
Adapted as play
Griselda
Leonard
Amanda
Col. Melchett
Caroline
The Thirteen Problems
1932
Dr. Haydock
MCKENZIE 2010
Short stories:
Raymond
(“The Blue Geranium”
only)
“The Tuesday Night Club”
Joan
Dolly Bantry
“The Idol House of Astarte”
“Ingots of Gold”
Col. Bantry
“The Blood-Stained
Pavement”
Henry
Clithering
“Motive v. Opportunity”
Jane Helier
“Thumb Mark of St. Peter”
Col. Melchett
“The Blue Geranium”
“The Companion”
“The Four Suspects”
“A Christmas Tragedy”
“The Herb of Death”
“Affair at the Bungalow”
“Death by Drowning”
The Body in the Library
1942
Insp. Slack
HICKSON 1984
Dr. Haydock
WHITFIELD 1999
Dolly Bantry
MCEWAN 2004
Col. Bantry
JH1984, JW1999,
Griselda
GM2004
Leonard
Henry
Clithering
Col. Melchett
Caroline
The Moving Finger
1942
Rev. Calthrop
HICKSON 1985
Maud Calthrop
WHITFIELD 2001
MCEWAN 2006
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A Murder is Announced
1950
Insp. Craddock
FIELDS 1956
Henry
Clithering
HICKSON 1985
Adapted as play
WHITFIELD 1999
MCEWAN 2005
They Do It With
Mirrors
1952
RUTHERFORD 1964
[“Murder Ahoy!”]
Aka “Murder with Mirrors”
HAYES 1985
HICKSON 1991
WHITFIELD 2001
MCKENZIE 2009
HH1985, JH1991,
JW2001, JMC2009
A Pocket Full of Rye
1953
HICKSON 1987
Russian film [1983]
WHITFIELD 1995
MCKENZIE 2009
JH1987, JW1995,
JMC2009
4.50 From Paddington
1957
Insp. Craddock
Griselda
RUTHERFORD 1961
[“Murder She Said”]
aka “What Mrs
McGillicuddy Saw!”
HICKSON 1987
French film, “Le crime est
notre affaire” [2008]
WHITFIELD 1997
MCEWAN 2004
JH1987, JW1997,
GM2004
The Adventure of the
Christmas Pudding
1960
The Mirror Crack’d from
Side to Side
1962
A Caribbean Mystery
Raymond
N/A
Joan
1964
Short story:
“Greenshaw’s Folly”
Insp. Craddock
LANSBURY 1980
Dr. Haydock
HICKSON 1992
Dolly Bantry
WHITFIELD 1998
Col. Bantry
MCKENZIE 2011
Jason Rafiel
HAYES 1983
Bengali film [2003]
HICKSON 1989
WHITFIELD 1997
MCKENZIE 2012
At Bertram’s Hotel
1965
Mr. Robinson
HICKSON 1987
Raymond
WHITFIELD 1995
MCEWAN 2007
Nemesis
1971
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Jason Rafiel
HICKSON 1987
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WHITFIELD 1998
MCEWAN 2009
Sleeping Murder
1976
Dr. Haydock
HICKSON 1987
Raymond
WHITFIELD 2001
Joan
MCEWAN 2006
Dolly Bantry
Col. Bantry
Mrs. Julia
Lancaster
Miss Marple’s Final
Cases
1979
Insp. Slack
Short stories:
Dr. Haydock
“Sanctuary”
Jane
“Strange Jest”
Amanda
“Tape-Measure Murder”
Col. Melchett
“Case of the Caretaker”
Raymond
“Case of the Perfect Maid”
Joan
“Miss Marple Tells a Story”
see also: adaptations of Tommy & Tuppence, and other novels
Key to adaptations of Marple
FIELDS = GRACIE FIELDS (TV FILM)
MCEWAN = GERALDINE MCEWAN (TV SERIES)
HAYES = HELEN HAYES (FILM)
MCKENZIE = JULIA MCKENZIE (TV SERIES)
HICKSON = JOAN HICKSON (TV SERIES)
RUTHERFORD = MARGARET RUTHERFORD (FILM)
LANSBURY= ANGELA LANSBURY (FILM)
WHITFIELD = JUNE WHITFIELD (BBC RADIO PLAY)
Tommy and Tuppence
Title
The Secret Adversary
Yea
r
1922
Recurring
cast
Albert Batt
Adaptations
Notes
[SEE KEY]
WARWICK/ANNIS 1983
German film [1929]
Boris
Ivanovitch
“Carter”
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Partners in Crime
1929
Albert Batt
“Carter”
BEL GEDDES / BOWMAN
1950 (“Missing Lady”)
ATTENBOROUGH / SIM
1953 (x13)
WARWICK/ANNIS 1983
(x10)
Short stories:
“A Fairy in the Flat”
“A Pot of Tea”
“Affair of the Pink Pearl”
“Adventure of the Sinister
Stranger”
“Finessing the King”
“Gentleman Dressed in
Newspaper”
“Case of the Missing Lady”
“Blindman’s Buff” [not
adapted]
“The Man in the Mist”
“The Crackler”
“The Sunningdale Mystery”
“The House of Lurking
Death”
“The Unbreakable Alibi”
“The Clergyman’s
Daughter”
“The Red House”
“The Ambassador’s Boots”
“The Man Who Was No. 16”
N or M?
1941
Albert Batt
N/A
Deborah
“Carter”
By the Pricking of My
Thumbs
1968
Albert Batt
Mrs. Julia
Lancaster
MCKENZIE / ANDREWS
/ SCACCHI 2006
French film [2005]
Deborah
Postern of Fate
1973
Albert Batt
N/A
Mr. Robinson
Deborah
Key to adaptations of Tommy & Tuppence
ANDREWS / SCACCHI = ANTHONY ANDREWS & GRETA SCACCHI (TV: “MARPLE”)
ATTENBOROUGH / SIM = RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH AND SHEILA SIM (BBC RADIO PLAY)
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BEL GEDDES / BOWMAN = BARBARA BEL GEDDES AND LEE BOWMAN (TV: NASH AIRFLYTE THEATRE)
MCEWAN = GERALDINE MCEWAN (TV: “MARPLE”)
WARWICK / ANNIS = JAMES WARWICK & FRANCESCA ANNIS (TV SERIES)
Others
Title
Yea
r
Recurring
Cast
Adaptations
Notes
[SEE KEY]
The Man in the Brown
Suit
1924
Col. Race
FILM 1988
The Secret of Chimneys
1925
Supt. Battle
MCKENZIE 2010
“Bundle”
Brent
Adapted as play
[“Chimneys”]
Clement
Dr.
Cartwright
Col. Melrose
The Seven Dials Mystery
1929
Supt. Battle
WARWICK 1981
“Bundle”
Brent
MCKENZIE 2012
Clement
Dr.
Cartwright
Col. Melrose
The Mysterious Mr.
Quin
1930
Satterthwaite
Harley Quin
ROME 1928 (“Coming
of Mr. Quin”)
Short stories:
“The Coming of Mr. Quin”
“The Shadow on the Glass”
“At the ‘Bells and Motley’”
“The Sign in the Sky”
“The Soul of the Croupier”
“The Man from the Sea”
“The Voice in the Dark”
“The Face of Helen”
“The Dead Harlequin”
“Bird with the Broken Wing”
“The World’s End”
“Harlequin’s Lane”
The Sittaford Mystery
1931
BBC 1990
aka “Murder at Hazelmoor”
MCEWAN 2006
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The Hound of Death
1933
ACH 1982 (“The
Fourth Man”,
“Mystery of the Blue
Jar”, “Red Signal”
Short stories:
“The Hound of Death”
“The Red Signal”
“The Fourth Man”
“The Gypsy”
“The Lamp”
“Wireless”
“Witness for the
Prosecution”
“Mystery of the Blue Jar”
“Strange Case of Sir Arthur
Carmichael”
“Call of Wings”
“The Last Séance”
“SOS”
The Listerdale Mystery
1934
FILM 1937 (“Philomel
Cottage” as “Love
From a Stranger”)
FILM 1947 (as above)
ACH 1982 (“The Girl in
the Train”, “Jane in
Search of a Job”,
“Manhood of Edward
Robinson”)
BBC 2002 (“Swan
Song”)
Short stories:
“The Listerdale Mystery”
“Philomel Cottage”
[adapted as play]
“The Girl in the Train”
“Sing a Song of Sixpence”
“Manhood of Edward
Robinson”
“Accident”
“Jane in Search of a Job”
“A Fruitful Sunday”
“Mr. Eastwood’s Adventure”
“The Golden Ball”
“The Rajah’s Emerald”
“Swan Song”
Parker Pyne Investigates
1934
Ariadne
Oliver
Miss Lemon
Parker Pyne
Madeleine
DeSara
MD1982 (“Middle-Aged
Wife”, “Soldier”)
Short stories:
“Case of the Middle-Aged
Wife”
“Case of the Discontented
Soldier”
“Case of the Distressed
Lady”
“Case of the Discontented
Husband”
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“Case of the City Clerk”
“Case of the Rich Woman”
“Have You Got Everything
You Want?”
“The Gate of Baghdad”
“The House at Shiraz”
“The Pearl of Price”
“Death on the Nile”
“The Oracle at Delphi”
Why Didn’t They Ask
Evans?
1934
Murder is Easy
1939
WARWICK/ANNIS 1980
aka “The Boomerang Clue”
MCKENZIE 2011
Supt. Battle
FILM 1982
aka “Easy to Kill”
MCKENZIE 2009
And Then There Were
None
1939
FILM 1945
aka “Ten Little Niggers”
FILM 1965
aka “Ten Little Indians”
FILM 1974
Adapted as play
FILM 1989
Russian film [1987]
PC game [2005]
Towards Zero
1944
Supt. Battle
FILM 1995 (“Innocent
Lies”),
Adapted as play
French film [2007]
MCEWAN 2007
Death Comes as the End
1944
Sparkling Cyanide
1945
N/A
Col. Race
FILM 1983
aka “Remembered Death”
FILM 2003
Crooked House
1949
BBC 2008
FILM 2012 [rumoured]
They Came to Baghdad
1951
N/A
Destination Unknown
1954
N/A
Aka “So Many Steps to
Death”
Ordeal by Innocence
1958
FILM 1985
Adapted as play
MCEWAN 2007
The Pale Horse
1961
Ariadne
Oliver
Maj.
Despard
BBC 1993
FILM 1996
MCKENZIE 2010
Rhoda
Dawes
Rev.
Calthrop
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Maud
Calthrop
Mrs. Julia
Lancaster
Endless Night
1967
FILM 1972
BBC 2008
MCKENZIE 2013
Passenger to Frankfurt
1970
Col.
Pikeaway
N/A
Mr.
Robinson
Miss Marple’s Final Cases
1979
ACH 1982 (“In A Glass
Darkly”)
Short stories:
“The Dressmaker’s Doll”
“In A Glass Darkly”
Problem at Pollensa Bay
1991
Satterthwait
e
ACH 1982 (“Magnolia
Blossom”)
Harley Quin
“Problem at Pollensa Bay”
“The Harlequin Tea Set”
Parker Pyne
While The Light Lasts
Short stories:
“The Regatta Mystery”
Col. Melrose
“The Love Detectives”
Madeleine
DeSara
“Next to a Dog”
1997
“Magnolia Blossom”
N/A
Short stories:
“The House of Dreams”
“The Actress”
“The Edge”
“Christmas Adventure”
“The Lonely God”
“Manx Gold”
“Within a Wall”
“While the Light Lasts”
Key to adaptations of non-series books
ACH = TV: “THE AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR”
BBC = BBC RADIO PLAY
FINNEY = ALBERT FINNEY
DENHAM = MAURICE DENHAM [TV: “THE AGATHA
CHRISTIE HOUR”]
MCEWAN = GERALDINE MCEWAN [TV: “MARPLE”]
MCKENZIE = JULIA MCKENZIE [TV: “MARPLE”]
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ROME = STEWART ROME [FILM]
WARWICK = JAMES WARWICK[TV MOVIE]
Novels as “Mary Westmacott”
Title
Giant’s Bread
Year
1930
Unfinished Portrait
1934
Absent in the Spring
1944
The Rose and the Yew Tree
1948
A Daughter’s A Daughter
1952
The Burden
1956
Plays
* note: does not include plays adapted from novels/short stories, where the original work is more
renowned
Title
Black Coffee
Year
1930
Adaptations
Austin Trevor 1931
Notes
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
French film [1932]
Novelized by Charles
Osborne
The Mousetrap
1952
N/A
Witness for the
Prosecution
1953
FILM 1957
Spider’s Web
1954
FILM 1982
FILM 1960
FILM 1982
Verdict
1958
N/A
The Unexpected Guest
1958
BBC Radio 1981
Novelised by Charles
Osborne
Hindi film [1973]
Novelised by Charles
Osborne
Rule of Three:
o
o
1962
N/A
Afternoon at the
Seaside
The Rats
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The Patient
Fiddlers Three
1972
N/A
Akhnaton
1973
N/A
Unpublished
Other Works
Title
The Road of Dreams
Year
1925
Notes
The Floating Admiral
1931
Co-authored with ‘The Detection
Club’
Come, Tell Me How You Live
1946
Non-fiction
Star Over Bethlehem
1965
Poetry
Poems
1973
Poetry
Agatha Christie: An
Autobiography
1977
Non-fiction
Murder by the Book
1986
Parody film about Dame Christie
Poetry
Dame Christie’s recurring characters
Aarons, Joseph: Theatrical agent, associate to Poirot
Bantry, Col. Arthur: St. Mary Mead resident, husband to Dolly
Bantry, Dolly: Friend to Miss Marple
Batt, Albert: Office boy, and eventually butler, to Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
Battle, Superintendent: Detective with possible intelligence connections, associate of Poirot
Beresford, Deborah: Daughter of Tommy and Tuppence
Beresford (nee Cowley), Prudence “Tuppence”: former spy, amateur detective
Beresford, Lt. Thomas “Tommy”: spy, amateur detective
Brent, Clement Edward Alistair: Resident of Chimneys
Brent, Lady Eileen “Bundle”: Wealthy socialite, amateur detective
Calthorp, Rev. Caleb Dane: St. Mary Mead resident, husband of Maud
Calthorp, Maud: St. Mary Mead resident, wife to Rev. Calthorp
“Carter, A.”: In reality, Lord Easterfield, Chief of British Intelligence, associate of Tommy and Tuppence
Cartwright, Dr.: Associate of Eileen Brent
Clement, Griselda: St. Mary Mead resident, wife to Leonard
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Clement, Leonard: St. Mary Mead resident, husband to Griselda
Clithering, Sir Henry: Former Commissioner of Scotland Yard, associate of Miss Marple
Craddock, Det. Insp: Officer at New Scotland Yard, nephew of Sir Henry Clithering, associate of Miss Marple
De Sara, Madeleine: Mistress of disguise, employee of Parker Pyne
Despard, Col. John Hugh: Renowned explorer
Despard, Rhoda Davis: wife of Col. Despard
George: Valet to Poirot [14 novels, 4 short story collections]
Goby, Mr.: Private detective, associate of Poirot
Hartnell, Amanda: Neighbour of Miss Marple
Hastings, Capt. Arthur: war veteran, amateur detective, close friend of Poirot
Haydock, Dr.: Physician of St. Mary Mead, friend of Miss Marple
Helier, Jane: Actress, associate of Miss Marple
Ivanovitch, Boris: Russian revolutionary, aka Count Stepanov, Monsieur Krassine
Japp, Chief Insp. James: Scotland Yard officer, friend of Poirot
Lancaster, Mrs. Julia: Senile invalid
Lemon, Felicity: Efficient, uninteresting secretary to Poirot, and, formerly, Parker Pyne
Marple, Jane: Spinster, amateur detective of St. Mary Mead
Melchett, Col.: Associate of Miss Marple
Melrose, Col.: Chief Constable of Market Basing, associate of Mr. Satterthwaite and Eileen Brent
Miller, Insp: Reluctant associate of Poirot
Oliver, Ariadne: Mystery novelist, creator of “Sven Hersson”, friend of Poirot, and Parker Pyne
Pikeaway, Col. Ephrain: Well-placed Intelligence officer, associate of Mr. Robinson
Poirot, Hercule: Belgian detective
Pyne, Parker: Private detective, former Government clerk
Quin, Harley: Enigmatic but intuitive figure, amateur sleuth, associate of Mr. Satterthwaite
Race, Col. Johnny: Secret Service man, associate of Poirot, amateur detective
Rafiel, Jason: Wealthy entrepreneur, associate of Miss Marple
Robinson, Mr.: Member of an elite financial syndicate, associate of Col. Pikeaway
Rossakoff, Countess Vera: Russian jewel thief, paramour of Poirot
Satterthwaite, Mr.: Cultured flâneur, associate of Harley Quin
Slack, Insp.: insufferable police inspector, reluctant associate of Miss Marple
Spence, Superintendent Harold “Bert”: Associate of Poirot
Stillingfleet, Dr.: Associate of Poirot
West, Joan: Wife to Raymond, niece-in-law to Miss Marple
West, Raymond: Author, nephew to Miss Marple
Wetherby, Caroline: Resident of St. Mary Mead, local gossip
The Complete Works of Agatha Christie
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