Characters in "The Man in The Brown Suit"
- Anne Beddingfield, orphaned daughter of Professor Beddingfeld, famous archaeologist
- John Eardsley, son of Sir Laurence Eardsley, the South African mining magnate, alias Harry Rayburn
- Colonel Race, a distant cousin of Sir Laurence Eardsley
- The Hon. Mrs Suzanne Blair, a society lady
- Sir Eustace Pedler, MP
- Guy Pagett, Sir Eustace Pedler's secretary
- Anita Grünberg, alias Nadina, alias Mrs de Castina – one-time agent of 'The Colonel'
- Arthur Minks, alias the Rev. Edward Chichester alias Miss Pettigrew, alias Count Sergius Paulovitch - an agent of 'The Colonel'
- Harry Lucas, friend of John Eardsley, killed in the First World War.
- Mr Flemming, solicitor, and his wife: Anne's landlords after her father's death
- L. B. Carton, husband of Anita Grünberg and victim at Hyde Park Tube Station.
- Inspector Meadows of Scotland Yard
- Lord Nasby, Owner of the Daily Budget and Anne's employer
- A red-bearded Dutchman, an agent of 'The Colonel'
- Mrs Caroline James, wife of the gardener at The Mill House.
- "The Colonel," a criminal mastermind whose identity is concealed for most of the story
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