Characters in "The Clocks"
- Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective living in London since the Great War
- Inspector Dick Hardcastle, the investigating officer
- Sergeant Cray, a policeman in the case
- Colin “Lamb”, a secret agent, (possibly the son of Superintendent Battle.)
- Miss Martindale, owner of the Cavendish Secretarial Bureau
- Sheila Webb, a typist with the Cavendish Secretarial Bureau
- Edna Brent, a typist with the Cavendish Secretarial Bureau
- Miss Pebmarsh, a blind teacher and inhabitant of 19 Wilbraham Crescent
- James Waterhouse, occupant of 18 Wilbraham Crescent
- Edith Waterhouse, James’s sister
- Mrs. Hemming, occupant of 20 Wilbraham Crescent
- Josiah Bland, a builder, occupant of 61 Wilbraham Crescent
- Valerie Bland, Josiah’s wife
- Mrs. Ramsay, occupant of 62 Wilbraham Crescent
- Bill Ramsay, Mrs. Ramsay’s small son
- Ted Ramsay, Mrs. Ramsay’s small son
- Angus McNaughton, a retired professor, occupant of 63 Wilbraham Crescent
- Gretel McNaughton, Angus’s wife
- Merlina Rival, a woman of questionable virtue
- Colonel Beck, Colin’s boss in intelligence
- Geraldine Brown, a young girl living across from 19 Wilbraham Crescent
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