The Big Four
Characters in The Big Four
9 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hercule Poirot
The fastidious Belgian detective, here pulled out of his armchair into a perilous global manhunt that tests his nerve and ego as much as his 'little grey cells.'
Also in The Chocolate Box, The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Lemesurier Inheritance, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Antagonists
Li Chang Yen
Number One of the Big Four, a reclusive Chinese political mastermind regarded as the conspiracy's true brain, who never leaves his own country.
Abe Ryland
Number Two, an immensely rich American financier whose fortune bankrolls the syndicate's ambitions.
Madame Olivier
Number Three, a celebrated French scientist whose research gives the conspiracy access to fearsome new weapons.
Supporting characters
Inspector Japp
The dependable Scotland Yard detective who lends official backing to Poirot's unofficial war on the syndicate.
Also in The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Girdle of Hyppolita: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Flock of Geryon: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Capture of Cerberus: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Poirot Investigates, Black Coffee, Lord Edgware Dies
John Ingles
Captain Arthur Hastings
Also in The Chocolate Box, The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Lemesurier Inheritance, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Countess Vera Rossakoff
A glamorous exiled Russian aristocrat and recurring figure in Poirot's life whose shifting allegiances make her both ally and danger.
Also in The Double Clue: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Capture of Cerberus: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Labours of Hercules