Characters
- Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective
- Chief Inspector Japp
- Henry Morley, a dentist
- Georgina Morley, his sister
- Gladys Nevill, Morley's secretary
- Martin Alistair Blunt, a high-profile banker/politician
- Julia Olivera, Blunt's deceased wife's niece
- Jane Olivera, her daughter
- Howard Raikes, Jane Olivera's lover, a leftist political activist
- Amberiotis, a dental patient who died of an overdose
- Mr. Barnes, a dental patient and former member of the Home Office AKA Mr. Chapman
- Mabelle Sainsbury Seale, a dental patient
- Frank Carter, Gladys's shady boyfriend
- Reilly, another dentist
- George, Poirot's manservant
- Alfred, Morley's porter
- Gerda Blunt, Alistair Blunt's first wife AKA Mrs. Chapman
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