Appointment with Death
Characters in Appointment with Death
13 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hercule Poirot
The Belgian sleuth, travelling in the region, who overhears an incriminating remark and is granted a limited window to solve the case through psychology and method.
Also in The Chocolate Box, The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Lemesurier Inheritance, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Supporting characters
Mrs Boynton
A former prison wardress and tyrannical matriarch whose sadistic control over her family is the dark engine of the story; she is found dead in Petra.
Raymond Boynton
One of the dominated stepchildren, drawn to Sarah King and overheard speaking of his mother in a way that haunts the investigation.
Carol Boynton
Raymond's close sister, equally cowed by her stepmother's grip on the household.
Lennox Boynton
The eldest stepson, married to Nadine, his spirit largely worn down by years under his stepmother's domination.
Nadine Boynton
Lennox's wife, the one family member who married in and retains independence; pursued quietly by Jefferson Cope.
Ginevra Boynton
Mrs Boynton's fragile youngest, her grip on reality strained by a lifetime of psychological pressure.
Dr Sarah King
A newly qualified British doctor whose perspective opens the novel; she clashes with the matriarch and falls for Raymond.
Dr Theodore Gerard
A distinguished French psychologist who diagnoses Mrs Boynton's tyranny and aids Poirot's understanding of the family's mind.
Lady Westholme
A formidable, domineering English MP touring the region, paired for comic and narrative contrast with the timid Miss Pierce.
Colonel Carbury
Senior official in the Emirate of Transjordan who asks Poirot to look into the death at Petra.
Miss Pierce
Amabel Pierce, a former nursery governess travelling in the tourist party, interviewed by Poirot.
Jefferson Cope
An American friend of the Boynton family, travelling with the party and close to the household.