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Characters
• Miss Marple: An old woman with detective skills.
• Ruth Van Rydock: Old school friend of Miss Marple, an American social-
ite.
• Carrie Louise Serrocold: Younger sister of Ruth, also a school friend of
Miss Marple.
• Lewis Serrocold: Third husband of Carrie Louise, once an accountant
and now an enthusiast for the charitable treatment of juvenile delin-
quents.
• Gina Hudd: Granddaughter of Carrie Louise from her first marriage.
She was born in Italy, moved to England as an infant when her
mother died in childbirth. She spent World War II in the US with her
aunt Ruth, sent there for safety. Her mother was Pippa, the adopted
daughter of Carrie Louise and her first husband, Eric Gulbrandsen.
• Walter Hudd: American husband of Gina.
• Mildred Strete: Sister of Pippa, and the only child born to Carrie Louise
and her first husband, Mr Gulbrandsen. She was widowed a few
years before the story begins.
• Juliet Bellever: Called Jolly, she is Carrie Louise's secretary and compan-
ion since Louise's second marriage.
• Steven Restarick: Son of Carrie Louise's second husband, who has since
childhood considered Carrie Louise as a mother and her home as his
home, as his father died not long after divorcing Carrie Louise. He
loves Gina, and works in the theatre, helping often with the delin-
quents to stage plays there.
• Alexis Restarick: Older brother of Steven, who views Carrie Louise af-
fectionately as his brother does. He loves Gina and also works in the
theatre. He is killed at the same time as Ernie, in the theatre.
• Christian Gulbrandsen: Son of Carrie Louise's first husband, and half
brother to Mildred. He is on the board of the Gulbrandsen family
trust, periodically visiting at the house for meetings of the board. He
is the first murder victim.
• Edgar Lawson: One of the delinquents, arrived about a month before
the story begins (after the last meeting of the board for the Gulbrand-
sen trust), who is often in the house and on the grounds, and who
works closely with Lewis Serrocold.
• Dr Maverick: Chief psychiatrist for the juvenile delinquents pro-
gramme; he views all people as "mental cases".
• Ernie Gregg: One of the delinquents who is active in the theatre work,
and is killed for boasting to Gina about what he says he saw the night
of the murder. He likely made it up.
• Inspector Curry: He leads the police investigation of the first murder,
and learns from his superiors of Miss Marple's reputation in solving
crimes.
• Detective Sergeant Lake: Assists Curry in the investigation at Stonyg-
ates.
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