Characters in Sparkling Cyanide

Supporting characters

• Rosemary Barton

  Glamorous and indulged, she is recalled differently by each person around the table, her charm tangled with the affairs and resentments she left behind

• George Barton

  Earnest and not especially clever, his fixation on anonymous letters drives him to a reckless reconstruction of the fatal evening

• Iris Marle

  Quieter and more thoughtful than her sister, she possesses the intelligence Rosemary lacked and stands to inherit the family fortune

• Colonel Race

  Reserved and methodical, he brings a counter-intelligence eye to a domestic crime in what is his final appearance in Christie's work

• Chief Inspector Kemp

  Steady and professional, he works the procedural angles while Race reads the people

• Ruth Lessing

  Composed and indispensable, she quietly resented Rosemary while harbouring deeper feelings of her own

• Anthony Browne

  Little is reliably known about him, and his guardedness about his history keeps suspicion alive

• Stephen Farraday

  Calculating about his career, he feared the scandal Rosemary's attachment could bring

• Lady Alexandra "Sandra" Farraday

  Outwardly serene and self-controlled, she is fiercely devoted to her husband beneath the composure

• Anthony Brown

• Sandra Farraday

• Victor Drake