Characters in Peril at End House

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Methodical and vain, he wrestles with having missed the true shape of the case

  Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, Mystery of the Blue Train, Black Coffee, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder in Three Acts

• Captain Arthur Hastings

  Earnest and easily charmed, his readings of people often steer him wrong

  Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Big Four, Black Coffee, Lord Edgware Dies, Dumb Witness, Curtain

• Magdala "Nick" Buckley

  Breezy and modern, she shrugs off danger that alarms everyone around her

• Frederica "Freddie" Rice

  Cool and guarded, she carries private troubles she keeps from view

• Commander George Challenger

  Plain-spoken and steady, his feelings are no secret

• Charles Vyse

  Reserved and correct, his interest in End House invites scrutiny

• Maggie Buckley

  Quiet and conventional, an outsider to Nick's fast set

• Jim Lazarus

  Generous and shrewd in money matters, with an eye for value