mr. parker pyne

Pyne is a retired government employee, a statistician, who considers himself to be a 'detective of the heart.' Advertising his services in the personal column of 'The Times,' he works alongside his secretary Miss Lemon, novelist Ariadne Oliver, handsome "lounge lizard" Claude Luttrell and disguise artist Madeleine de Sara. He is a large man but not fat; he has a bald head of noble proportions, strong glasses and twinkling eyes. One of his greatest assets is his sympathetic manner - one that invites confidence. Parker is his second name; his actual first name is Christopher, but in at least one story, there's the initial 'J' in front of 'Parker.' (??)…more