Characters in A Caribbean Mystery

Supporting characters

• Jane Marple

  An elderly Englishwoman of unassuming presence and sharp deductive powers; recuperating far from St Mary Mead, she relies on her instinct for ordinary human nature.

  Also in Novels, A Murder Is Announced, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Marple

• Mr Jason Rafiel

  A cantankerous, gravely ill millionaire with a quick mind and an unexpectedly kind streak who comes to admire Marple.

• Major Palgrave

  A garrulous old soldier fond of spinning tales of murder, whose story about a killer precedes his sudden death.

• Esther Walters

  A widowed assistant who attends to the ailing Rafiel's needs at the resort.

• Arthur Jackson

  A masseur and personal attendant whose servant status colours how others regard him.

• Tim Kendal

  Runs the Golden Palm with his young wife; charming and outwardly devoted.

• Molly Kendal

  Tim's pretty young wife, who begins to fear she is losing her sanity.

• Greg Dyson

  An American nature enthusiast holidaying with his second wife.

• Lucky Dyson

  Greg's attractive, brash American wife with a complicated past.

• Evelyn Hillingdon

  A reserved, self-possessed Englishwoman travelling with her husband, quietly estranged from him.

• Edward Hillingdon

  An avid botanist and birdwatcher who has drifted apart from his wife.

• Canon and Joan Prescott

  A clergyman and his gossiping sister; she is a ready source of resort hearsay he disapproves of.