Hercule Poirot #13
The A.B.C. Murders
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Detective Chief Inspector James Japp
Detective Chief Inspector James Japp (later Assistant Commissioner Japp) is a fictional character who appears in several of Agatha Christies novels featuring Hercule Poirot.Japps career in the Poirot novels extends into the 1930s but, like Has...
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Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era. Poirots name was derived from two other fictional detectives ...
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Alice Ascher
She is a poor, elderly shopkeeper in Andover. Her small store sells tobacco and newspapers. Her former husband, a drunk, still abuses her on occasion....
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Franz Ascher
The unemployed alcoholic, former husband of Alice Ascher. Known to threaten her....
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Mary Drower
The niece of Alice Ascher; she was fond of her aunt and suggests to Poirot that the close relatives of the A B C victims should form a detecting group....
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Megan Barnard
The more sensible older sister of Elizabeth Barnard, "Betty," who was the waitress strangled in Bexhill. Megan gets involved in the relatives group seeking A B C. The group call it "the Legion."more...
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Donald Fraser
Fraser is Betty Barnards fiancé. He suspects she is seeing other men.more...
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Millie Higley
Millie is a friend of Betty, the murdered woman. They both work in the Ginger Cat tea shop in Bexhill....
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Franklin Clarke
He is the younger brother of Sir Carmichael Clarke who was murdered in Churston. He joins the Legion group with the other relatives....
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Charlotte Clarke
The elderly wife of Sir Carmichael Clarke. She is suffering from incurable cancer, and on occasion is delusional from the drugs....
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Thora Grey
The young and attractive assistant to Sir Carmichael Clarke. She too joins the Legion....
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Roger Downes
He was attending a movie in Doncaster when a body was discovered in the theatre....
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George Earlsfield
He too was attending a movie in Doncaster....
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Alexander Bonaparte Cust
A former serviceman who was discharged because of epilepsy. He is a traveling salesman....
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Inspector Chrome
He assists in the A B C investigations. Pompous with no respect for Poirot....
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Strange (the A.b.c. Murders)
A guest at a hotel in Eastbourne, near Bexhill. He enjoys playing dominoes....
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Mrs. Marbury
She is Custs landlady. Her daughter is Lily whose boyfriend is Tom Hartigan. more...
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Arthur Hastings
Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christies 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Sty...
