Characters in A Murder Is Announced

Supporting characters

• Letitia Blacklock

  A capable, plain woman of sixty who runs her household and becomes the focus of the announced murder.

• Dora "Bunny" Bunner

  A fluttery, devoted childhood friend living with Letitia, whose loose talk and long memory make her vulnerable.

• Patrick Simmons

  A charming, teasing distant relation of Letitia staying at the house with his sister.

• Julia Simmons

  Patrick's cool, self-possessed sister, also lodging at Little Paddocks.

• Phillipa Haymes

  A quiet, dignified young woman working the local land and supporting her son alone.

• Mitzi

  A frightened European refugee cook prone to dramatics whose foreign past draws village suspicion.

• Rudi Scherz

  A petty thief and newcomer connected to the night of the staged murder.

• Inspector Craddock

  An intelligent, likable detective who leads the official inquiry and grows to value Miss Marple's insight.

  Also in 4:50 from Paddington

• Hinchcliffe and Murgatroyd

  A devoted pair of friends in the village; the brisk, practical Hinchcliffe and the sweet, easily flustered Murgatroyd.

• Miss Jane Marple

  An elderly spinster whose deep understanding of village human nature lets her read the small lies others miss.

  Also in The Murder at the Vicarage, The Thirteen Problems, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger, They Do It with Mirrors, A Pocket Full of Rye, 4:50 from Paddington, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, A Caribbean Mystery, At Bertram's Hotel