Murder in Mesopotamia - Characters

Characters

• Hercule Poirot - one-time Belgian policeman now living in England as a private detective, on a trip to the Middle East.
• Nurse Amy Leatheran - professional nurse, age 32, in Baghdad after accompanying a family travelling there from England, narrator of the story.
• Giles Reilly - MD, the civil doctor in Hassanieh, a longtime friend of Poirot, who suggests Leidner job to Amy Leatheran.
• Sheila Reilly - outspoken modern & attractive daughter of Dr. Reilly, about 20 years old, the only girl her age among many young Englishman in Baghdad and environs.
• Louise Leidner - beautiful, intelligent American woman, married two years earlier to Dr. Erich Leidner, in her thirties. Widowed from a brief marriage in the Great War, 15 years earlier.
• Erich Leidner - archaeologist of some repute, head of the dig at Tell Yarimjah near Hassanieh, sponsored by the University of Pittstown (U.S.) for the last five years.
• Richard Carey - longtime colleague of Dr. Leidner, handsome man near 40 who falls victim to Louise's charm in spite of himself.
• Miss Anne Johnson - longtime colleague of Dr. Leidner, gray haired, near 50, native of Yorkshire.
• Mrs. Marie Mercado - young devoted wife, about 25, made uncomfortable by Louise Leidner.
• Mr. Joseph Mercado- colleague at the dig for two years, found to be a longtime drug user.
• David Emmott - quiet young American man, second year with dig team, calm and self-possessed.
• Bill Coleman, young man at his first dig, so like a character out of P. G. Wodehouse.
• Carl Reiter - young man of 28 from Chicago, first year at dig, photographer of finds, developed plates.
• Capt. Maitland - British policeman in charge of the murder investigation.
• Father Lavigny (Raoul Menier) - French cleric, new to the team, specialist in epigraphy, old languages.