Characters in One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Distrusts the suicide verdict from the outset and pursues the inconsistencies others overlook, wrestling with the moral weight of his conclusions.

  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

• Chief Inspector Japp

  Partners with Poirot on the case; this marks his final appearance in the novels.

  Also in Murder in the Mews and Other Stories (Dead Man's Mirror / Incredible Theft / Murder in the Mews / Triangle at Rhodes), The A.B.C. Murders

• Mr Morley

  His death, first read as suicide, opens the investigation.

• Alistair Blunt

  A reserved financier whose stability is treated as vital to the nation's interests.

• Mr Amberiotis

  Later found dead from an overdose of anaesthetic, deepening the mystery.

• Mabelle Sainsbury Seale

  Her movements and statements prove harder to reconcile than they first appear.

• Howard Raikes

  Present near the dental practice and tied to the wider political undercurrents of the case.

• Jane Olivera

  Her loyalties are pulled between family ties and personal attachment.

• Frank Carter

  His political leanings and a thin motive place him under suspicion.

• Georgina Morley

  The dentist's sister, whose account of his last days helps shape the police's early view of the case.

• Gladys Nevill

  Morley's secretary, whose boyfriend is drawn into the investigation as events around the surgery unfold.

• Julia Olivera

  Niece of the banker's late wife and mother of Jane, connected to the family fortune at the heart of the case.