Characters in The Yellow Iris

Supporting characters

• Hercule Poirot

  Arrives uninvited and works the case in real time, reading character and intent rather than waiting on physical evidence.

  Also in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, Mystery of the Blue Train, Black Coffee, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express

• Iris Russell

  Her death was treated as suicide by cyanide, though her husband publicly insisted she was murdered.

• Pauline Weatherby

  Caught in a strained romance and unaware that the evening's true peril is aimed at her.

• Anthony Chapell

  His quarrel with Pauline makes him a visible suspect amid the strained party.

• Stephen Carter

  His tight-lipped manner and dealings keep him within Poirot's circle of scrutiny.

• Lola Valdez

  Her temperamental presence adds a volatile, theatrical note to the gathering.