albert davis

The second steward on the flight.

Characters

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...
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 ...
Jane Grey (death In The Clouds)

A young woman who works as a hairdresser at Antoines in London. She is travelling on the Prometheus in seat #16. Returning from holiday in Le Pinet (on the French Mediterranean) and Paris.more...
Madame Giselle

She too is a passenger. Sitting at the rear in seat #2. Her maid is Elise. Madame had previously suffered from smallpox....
James Ryder

A businessman whose seat is #4 on the flight....
Monsieur Armand Dupont

Archeologist. Father of Jean. Sitting in seat #5. The Duponts have been conducting excavations in Persia recently....
Daniel Clancy

A writer of detective fiction. In seat #8....
Doctor Bryant

Roger Bryant is a medical doctor and an avid flute player. Sitting in seat #10 next to Hercule Poirot in #9 although Poirot had initially been assigned #17....
Norman Gale

In Christies Death in the Clouds. A dentist. His seat is #12 on the plane. Briefly met Jane Grey in Le Pinet. His dental assistant is Miss Ross.more...
Countess Of Horbury

Cicely, Lady Horbury, is also flying on the Prometheus from Paris to London. In seat #13. Married to Stephen, Earl of Horbury, who is not travelling this day. He is 27....
Venetia Kerr

The Honourable Venetia Kerr is in seat #17. Lives in Little Paddocks, Horbury, Sussex. Thinks Cicely Horbury is a tart....
Jean Dupont

Archeologist. Tall and fair. Sitting in seat #6 next to his father, Armand. During the flight he killed a wasp....
Detective Giraud

In Murder on the Links, Giraud is the investigating detective from Paris. He sees Poirot as a rival and makes a bet with him....
Madeleine (death In The Clouds)

Lady Horburys maid. She too is on the Prometheus but her seat is in the forward compartment.more...
Henry Mitchell (death In The Clouds)

The senior of the two stewards on the Prometheus. He collects payments from passengers for the refreshments....
Albert Davis

The second steward on the flight....
Marie Morisot

French citizen. Full name: Marie Angelique Morisot. Travels regularly by plane between Paris and London....
Maître Alexandre Thibault

Lives in Paris. A lawyer. Madame Morisot is one of his clients....
James Whistler And Henry Witherspoon

Dr. Whistler is the police surgeon for the Croydon area and Witherspoon is an authority on poison....
The Coroner (death In The Clouds)

He conducts the inquest....
The Weekly Howl Reporter

He would like Jane Grey to write a short article....
Monsieur Fournier

A detective with the French Surete....
Anne Morisot

Young, dark and chic-looking. Mid 20s. Daughter of Marie Morisot. AKA: Anne Morisot Leman / Mrs. Anne Richards. Her parents were Marie Morisot and George Leman of Quebec, Canada. Anne was born there. Recently married to Mr. James Richards of Detroit....
Raymond Barraclough

A picture of Barraclough and the Countess of Horbury appeared in Sketch. Hes an actor.more...
Elise Grandier

A maid and confident of Madame Giselle in Paris. Short, stout and middle aged....
Georges (death In The Clouds)

Elderly with failing eyesight. Works for Madame Giselle....
M. Gilles

Chief of the Detective Force at the Surete in Paris....
Zeropoulos

He owns an antique shop on Rue St. Honore in Paris. Greek....
The American (death In The Clouds)

A recent customer of Zeropoulos antique shop. Tall with tortoise shell glasses....
Jules Perrot

A ticket agent with Universal Airlines in Paris....
Andrew Leech

The owner of M. Antoines hairdressing salon in London. Jane Grey works there as does her friend Gladys.more...
Greta Garbo And Katharine Hepburn (death In The Clouds)

Real people. Both were leading ladies in American film. Garbo, 1905-1990, was Swedish born and starred in many silent films. Hepburn, 1907-2003, was the recipient of four Academy Awards. Independent minded in her dealings with Hollywood....
Wilbraham Rice

A fictitious character. The private investigator in Mr. Clancys novels.more...
John Robinson (death In The Clouds)

He writes a letter to the Countess of Horbury....
Mere Angelique

Head of the Institute de Marie in Quebec, Canada....
Watson (goodreads)

A fictional character. The reference is to Dr. John Watson, the friend and assistant to Sherlock Holmes. He first appeared in 1887 in Arthur Conan Doyles A Study in Scarlet. more...