Characters in Problem at Pollensa Bay

Supporting characters

• Mr Parker Pyne

  Less a crime-solver than an arranger of human contentment, applying methodical observation to private dilemmas

• Hercule Poirot

  Appears in shorter puzzle form, including a locked-room death and a nightclub mystery

  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, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express

• Mr Harley Quin

  Rarely acts directly, instead appearing at charged moments to nudge his friend toward insight

• Mr Satterthwaite

  An ageing connoisseur of human drama who reads people he meets in passing

  Also in Murder in Three Acts