Characters in Hallowe'en Party

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Methodical and aging, he treats the child's boast as a clue rather than a fantasy

  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

• Ariadne Oliver

  Shaken by the death she half-witnessed, she becomes emotionally invested in the case

  Also in Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly, Cards on the Table, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Dead Man's Folly, Third Girl, Elephants Can Remember

• Joyce Reynolds

  A boastful girl whose claim of having seen a murder is ignored until it is too late

• Leopold Reynolds

  A sharp, money-minded boy whose curiosity draws him into danger

• Rowena Drake

  Admired in the village for her charm and efficiency

• Michael Garfield

  Designed a sunken garden in the village and is preoccupied with beauty

• Judith Butler

  Mother of Miranda, with a guarded past of her own

• Miranda Butler

  A perceptive, nature-loving girl who missed the party through illness

• Superintendent Spence

  Now living with his sister, he supplies Poirot with records of past local deaths

  Also in Taken at the Flood, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Elephants Can Remember

• Elspeth McKay

  Angular and plain-spoken, she is a sharp source of local gossip and background

• Miss Emlyn

• Elizabeth Whittaker

• Desmond Holland

• Nicholas Ransome

• Mrs. Goodbody