Evil Under the Sun
Characters in Evil Under the Sun
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hercule Poirot
Belgian detective holidaying at the resort, observing the guests' jealousies before the killing forces him to investigate.
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
Supporting characters
Arlena Marshall
A glamorous former actress, born Arlena Stuart, whose beauty and flirtations draw attention and resentment from those around her.
Captain Kenneth Marshall
Arlena's reserved, composed husband, who bears the gossip about his wife with stoic restraint.
Linda Marshall
Kenneth's unhappy teenage daughter, who deeply resents Arlena and the way her presence overshadows the household.
Patrick Redfern
A charming, good-humoured young man whose open attentions to Arlena strain his marriage and the resort's mood.
Christine Redfern
Outwardly delicate and intellectual, she watches her husband's infatuation with apparent pained composure.
Rosamund Darnley
A successful, poised fashion designer and an old friend of Kenneth Marshall, whose presence carries quiet emotional history.
Emily Brewster
A brisk, athletic spinster who rows daily off the island and provides key testimony about the day's events.
Major Barry
A retired Anglo-Indian army officer fond of long-winded reminiscences from his service days.
The Gardeners
An American couple, the talkative Carrie Gardener and her patient, taciturn husband Odell, holidaying at the resort.