Characters in The Clocks

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Treats the affair as a test of his claim that intellect alone can crack a crime, never visiting the scene or the suspects.

  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

• Colin Lamb

  Working a counter-espionage matter nearby, he brings the murder to Poirot as a challenge; Christie hinted he is the son of Superintendent Battle.

• Sheila Webb

  Sent to an appointment she did not arrange, she finds the dead man and is drawn into the inquiry.

• Detective Inspector Hardcastle

  Works the case on the ground and feeds his findings to Colin and, through him, to Poirot.

• Miss Millicent Pebmarsh

  A former teacher of blind children who denies summoning the typist or owning most of the clocks.

• Miss Katherine Martindale

  Employer of Sheila and Edna; she records the booking that sent Sheila to the house.

• Mrs Merlina Rival

  Names the victim as a husband from her past, adding fresh complications to his identity.

• Edna Brent

  Troubled by something said at the inquest, she becomes a second casualty before she can explain it.

• Inspector Hardcastle

• Melvina Rival

• Geraldine Brown