Characters in "Dead Man's Folly"
- Hercule Poirot, the Belgian private detective
- Ariadne Oliver, the celebrated author
- Inspector Bland, the investigating officer
- Sergeant Frank Cottrell, a policeman in the case
- Constable Bob Hoskins, a policeman in the case
- Sir George Stubbs, owner of Nasse House
- Hattie, Lady Stubbs, George’s wife
- Etienne de Sousa, Lady Stubbs’s cousin
- Amanda Brewis, George’s secretary
- Amy Folliat, whose family previously owned Nasse House
- Mr Masterton, member of Parliament
- Mrs Masterton, his wife
- Captain Jim Warburton, agent for Mr Masterton
- Michael Weyman, an architect
- Alec Legge, an atomic physicist
- Sally Legge, his wife
- Marlene Tucker, a Girl Guide
- Marylin Tucker, Marlene's younger sister
- Mr and Mrs Tucker, Marlene and Marylin's parents
- Merdell, the boatman
- Henden, the butler
- A female Italian hitch-hiker
- A female Dutch hitch-hiker
- A young man in a shirt with turtles on it
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