Characters in Murder is Easy

Supporting characters

• Luke Fitzwilliam

  An outsider who relies on patient observation rather than authority, drawn deeper than he intended by an old woman's warning.

• Miss Lavinia Pinkerton

  Dismissed as a fussy spinster, her sharp eye for the village's deaths proves fatally accurate.

• Bridget Conway

  Cool, intelligent, and unsentimental, she navigates village loyalties while assessing Luke's motives and her own.

• Lord Easterfield (Gordon Ragg)

  A vain, thin-skinned local lord whose rise from humble origins shadows old village resentments.

• Dr Thomas

  An ambitious young doctor whose proximity to the deaths makes him a figure of Luke's suspicion.

• Mr Abbot

  A genial professional with a temper and a history of dismissing a servant who later died.

• Major Horton

  Gruff and devoted to his dogs, his recently dead wife is counted among the suspicious losses.

• Superintendent Battle

  His late cameo links the standalone to Christie's wider Battle novels without joining the investigation.