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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