Characters in Murder is Easy

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.

Also in The Secret of Chimneys, The Seven Dials Mystery, Cards on the Table, Towards Zero

Mr Ellsworthy (Murder Is Easy)

The village antique-shop owner, whose interest in occult rituals makes him an obvious object of suspicion.