Characters in Sleeping Murder

Gwenda Reed

A young newlywed unsettled by inexplicable familiarity with her new home and haunted by a buried memory.

Miss Jane Marple

An elderly spinster whose deep understanding of human nature lets her see the danger in disturbing an old crime.

Also in The Murder at the Vicarage, The Thirteen Problems, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger, They Do It with Mirrors, A Pocket Full of Rye, 4:50 from Paddington, At Bertram's Hotel, Nemesis

Giles Reed

Practical and supportive, he joins his wife in investigating the house's history.

Helen Halliday

Gwenda's beautiful, vivacious young stepmother whose unexplained disappearance lies at the heart of the mystery.

Major Kelvin Halliday

Helen's troubled husband, convinced he may have harmed his wife during a breakdown.

Walter Fane

A quiet local solicitor who once loved Helen and proposed to her.

Jackie Afflick

A flashy, self-made businessman with a past connection to Helen.

Richard Erskine

A married man from the north of England drawn to Helen during a summer in Dillmouth.