Characters in Ordeal by Innocence

Supporting characters

• Dr Arthur Calgary

  Driven by conscience to right a wrong, he is dismayed to find his good news destroys the family's peace.

• Rachel Argyle

  Wealthy and philanthropic, her controlling devotion bred quiet resentment in the children she chose.

• Leo Argyle

  Reserved and scholarly, he plans to marry his secretary, which draws suspicion onto him.

• Jacko Argyle

  A charming, feckless troublemaker whose insistence on his innocence was disbelieved until Calgary's return.

• Gwenda Vaughan

  Her closeness to Leo gives both of them a possible motive.

• Mary Durrant

  Self-contained and possessive of her household, devoted to her invalid husband on her own terms.

• Philip Durrant

  Bored and sharp-minded, he turns amateur sleuth to uncover the truth, with consequences.

• Michael "Micky" Argyle

  Bitter about being given away by his birth mother, he openly resented his adoptive mother.

• Hester Argyle

  Emotionally volatile and insecure, she gives voice to the book's theme that the innocent suffer most.

• Tina Argyle

  Quiet and observant, she lives apart and knows more than she first reveals.

• Kirsten Lindstrom

  A devoted family fixture whose place in the household runs deeper than it appears.