The Pale Horse - Characters in "The Pale Horse"

Characters in "The Pale Horse"

  • Mark Easterbrook, a historian researching the Moguls
  • Inspector Lejeune, the investigating officer
  • Ariadne Oliver, the celebrated author
  • Jim Corrigan, the police surgeon
  • Ginger Corrigan, a young woman (not related to Jim)
  • Mr Venables, a wealthy, wheelchair-using man
  • Zachariah Osbourne, a pharmacist
  • Mr Bradley, legal representative of The Pale Horse
  • Thyrza Grey, a practitioner of the Dark Arts
  • Sybil Stamfordis, a medium
  • Bella Webb, a witch (and Thyrza’s cook)
  • Thomasina Tuckerton, a wealthy young woman
  • Pamela "Poppy" Stirling, an employee of Flower Studies Ltd.
  • Rev. Dane Calthrop, a vicar
  • Mrs Dane Calthrop, a vicar’s wife
  • Rhoda Despard, Mark’s cousin
  • Colonel Despard, Rhoda’s husband
  • Mrs Tuckerton, Thomasina’s stepmother and heiress
  • Mrs Coppins, owner of the boarding house in which Mrs Davis dies
  • Eileen Brandon, a former employee of Customers’ Reactions Classified
  • Hermia Redcliffe, Mark’s girlfriend
  • David Ardingley, a historian friend of Mark’s
  • Father Gorman, a Catholic priest

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