Characters in Murder in the Mews and Other Stories (Dead Man's Mirror / Incredible Theft / Murder in the Mews / Triangle at Rhodes)

Hercule Poirot

The Belgian detective anchors all four cases, solving each through close observation of rooms, objects, and small inconsistencies rather than legwork.

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, Assassinato no Expresso do Oriente

Chief Inspector Japp

Scotland Yard officer who brings Poirot into the locked-room death in the title story and works the case alongside him.

Also in The A.B.C. Murders, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore

An imperious, self-regarding baronet who summons Poirot to his estate in "Dead Man's Mirror" and is then found shot behind a bolted door.

Lord Mayfield

A self-made cabinet minister in "The Incredible Theft" who hosts a house party to expose a spy, only for secret aircraft plans to disappear.

Mrs Vanderlyn

A glamorous American guest in "The Incredible Theft" rumored to consort with agents of foreign powers, drawing immediate suspicion.

Mrs Barbara Allen

The young woman in the title story found shot in a locked room on Guy Fawkes Night, her death first taken for suicide.

Lord Charles Mayfield

Has staged the weekend to mask a high-level defence meeting and to set a trap for suspected spying.

Sir George Carrington

Brings professional weight to the meeting and shares Mayfield's alarm at the loss.

Mr Carlile

Reserved, pince-nezed and precise; his account of the night's movements draws Poirot's attention.

Lady Julia Carrington

Tall, dark and vivacious, she is found moving about the house at night, complicating the timeline.

Reggie Carrington

Indifferent to politics and burdened by money troubles, traits that make his presence worth weighing.

Mrs Macatta

Brusque and single-minded about her causes, an unlikely yet exacting figure among the guests.

Ruth Chevenix-Gore

Sir Gervase's adopted daughter, whose marriage prospects collide with her father's rigid expectations.

Hugo Trent

A nephew of the house whom Sir Gervase wished to see married into the family fortune.

Captain John Lake

The estate agent, quietly entangled in the family's affairs.

Susan Cardwell

A young houseguest attached to Hugo Trent.

Miss Lingard

The secretary assisting Sir Gervase with the research and writing of his family history.

Vanda Chevenix-Gore

Sir Gervase's eccentric wife, given to mysticism and convinced she once lived as an ancient Egyptian.