Characters in Curtain

Hercule Poirot

Aged and infirm, wheelchair-bound and frail of body, yet his mind remains razor-sharp; he returns to Styles convinced a serial manipulator is at work.

Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, Mystery of the Blue Train, Black Coffee, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express

Captain Arthur Hastings

Poirot's loyal old friend, recently widowed, who narrates the case and acts as the detective's eyes and legs among the guests.

Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Big Four, Black Coffee, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Dumb Witness

Judith Hastings

Hastings's independent grown daughter, working as a research assistant at Styles, whose involvements deeply worry her father.

Stephen Norton

A shy, mild-mannered bird-watching enthusiast whose unassuming surface conceals more than it reveals.

Major Allerton

A charming, womanizing visitor of dubious reputation who attracts attention from the younger women.

Sir William Boyd Carrington

A sociable, charismatic former colonial governor and widower, an old friend of the household.

Dr John Franklin

An idealistic chemist absorbed in research on alkaloids, with ambitions to work in Africa.

Barbara Franklin

Dr Franklin's wife, an invalid of uncertain diagnosis who commands attention from those around her.

Elizabeth Cole

A reserved guest carrying the burden of a family tragedy involving a notorious past killing.

Colonel Toby Luttrell

The aging, henpecked owner who now runs Styles as a guesthouse alongside his sharp-tongued wife.