Characters in Murder on the Links

Hercule Poirot

The Belgian detective who trusts order, method, and the psychology of motive over physical clues, and who is roused to his sharpest form when challenged.

Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 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, Murder in Three Acts

Captain Arthur Hastings

Poirot's loyal but impressionable friend, whose narration is coloured by his romantic distraction and his tendency to misread people.

Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Poirot Investigates, The Big Four, Black Coffee, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Dumb Witness, Curtain

Monsieur Giraud

A flashy young investigator of the Paris Sûreté who crawls the ground for cigarette ends and footprints, embodying the modern forensic method Poirot disdains.

Paul Renauld

A wealthy man with South American business interests who summons Poirot in fear for his life and is found dead before help can arrive; his past hides more than his household knows.

Eloise Renauld

Found bound and gagged after the murder, a grieving widow whose devotion and secrecy both shape the inquiry.

Jack Renauld

A young man whose strained relationship with his father and whose conduct after the death draw suspicion onto the family.

Marthe Daubreuil

The beautiful young woman from the adjoining villa, entangled with the Renauld household by affection and proximity.

Dulcie Duveen ("Cinderella")

A spirited young performer Hastings meets on the train, who reappears in the case and unsettles his loyalties.

Madame Daubreuil

Marthe's mother, a watchful presence next door whose history is bound up with the secrets the inquiry exposes.