Characters in Double Sin and Other Stories

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Solves compact problems through observation and order rather than action.

  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

• Captain Hastings

  Records the cases and supplies the conventional reading that Poirot overturns.

  Also in The Affair at the Victory Ball, The A.B.C. Murders, The Under Dog and Other Stories, Poirot's Early Cases

• Miss Marple

  Reads village human nature to reach conclusions others miss.

• Miss Jane Marple

  Also in The Body in the Library