Characters in The Body in the Library

Supporting characters

• Miss Jane Marple

  An elderly spinster of St. Mary Mead whose understanding of village human nature lets her read a crime through everyday parallels.

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

• Dolly Bantry

  Mistress of Gossington Hall who summons Miss Marple, refusing to let the scandal taint her husband's name.

  Also in The Thirteen Problems, Novels, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

• Colonel Arthur Bantry

  The respectable owner of Gossington Hall, embarrassed and quietly threatened by the rumour that surrounds the body in his library.

  Also in The Thirteen Problems

• Ruby Keene

  A young dance hostess from the Majestic Hotel whose disappearance and death set the case in motion.

  Also in Novels

• Conway Jefferson

  A wealthy invalid who lost his family and grew devoted to Ruby, intending to provide for her.

  Also in Novels

• Mark Gaskell

  Charming and worldly relation of Conway Jefferson with a stake in the old man's fortune.

  Also in Novels

• Josephine "Josie" Turner

  Bridge hostess at the Majestic and Ruby's cousin, who first brought her to the resort.

• Basil Blake

  A brash young film-industry man living near Gossington Hall whose rudeness draws early suspicion.

  Also in Novels

• Superintendent Harper

  The methodical police superintendent leading the official inquiry across jurisdictions.

• Sir Henry Clithering

  A former Commissioner and friend of Miss Marple who vouches for her insight to the police.

  Also in The Thirteen Problems