Characters in Sad Cypress
- Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective
The Victims:
- Mrs. Laura Welman, a widow
- Mary Gerrard, her protégée
Suspects:
- Elinor Carlisle, Mrs. Welman's niece
- Roddy Welman, Mrs. Welman's nephew by marriage
- Dr. Peter Lord, Mrs. Welman's doctor
- Nurse Jessie Hopkins, the District Nurse
- Nurse Eileen O'Brien, Mrs. Welman's nurse
- Mr Seddon, Mrs. Welman's solicitor
- Mrs Bishop, Mrs. Welman's housekeeper
- Horlick, the gardener
- Bob Gerrard, the lodge keeper and Mary's ostensible father
- Ted Bigland, a farmer's son
Characters in the courtroom:
- The Judge
- Sir Edwin Bulmer, Counsel for the Defence
- Sir Samuel Attenbury, Counsel for the Prosecution
- Dr. Alan Garcia, expert witness for the Prosecution
- Inspector Brill, the investigating officer
- Mr. Abbott, a grocer
- Alfred James Wargrave, a rose-grower
- James Arthur Littledale, a chemist
- Amelia Mary Sedley, a witness from New Zealand
- Edward John Marshall, a witness from New Zealand
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