Characters in Cat Among the Pigeons

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Arrives well after the murders begin and unravels the affair largely through reasoning rather than presence at the scene.

  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

• Miss Honoria Bulstrode

  Commands the school with shrewd authority while quietly weighing who should succeed her on retirement.

• Julia Upjohn

  Acts as an amateur sleuth, grasping the meaning of a tennis racquet and seeking Poirot out through a family connection.

• Jennifer Sutcliffe

  Her complaints about an unbalanced racquet and a casual swap prove unexpectedly important.

• Princess Shaista

  Sent to Meadowbank for safety and convinced that people mean to harm her.

• Miss Vansittart

  Widely assumed to be Miss Bulstrode's natural successor.

• Miss Eileen Rich

  A less conventional candidate for the headship whom Bulstrode also considers.

• Miss Springer

  Abrasive and prying; her late-night presence in the new Sports Pavilion sets the tragedy in motion.

• Adam Goodman

  Not quite what his role suggests, with intelligence connections behind the spade.

• Ann Shapland

  Capable and composed, one of several recent arrivals whose background invites scrutiny.

• Miss Chadwick

• Mrs. Upjohn

• Mrs. Sutcliffe

• Eleanor Vansittart

• Grace Springer

• Angele Blanche

• Alì Yusuf

• Bob Rawlinson

• Kelsey

• Colonel Pikeaway

• Mr Robinson