| 1 | Duncan | Palgrave | Police major. Deceased. aka: Major Palgrave. |
| | Miss | Marple | Major Palgrave's friend. |
| | Raymond | | Miss Marple's nephew. |
| | Diana | Horrocks | Raymond's friend. |
| | | | Golden Palm Hotel - Where everyone stayed. |
| | | Sandersons | The couple who owned Golden Palm. |
| | Molly | Kendal | Tim's wife. Successor of Sanderson. |
| | Tim | Kendal | Molly's husband. Successor of Sanderson. |
| | Mr. | Rafiel | Kendal's guest. Rich, old man. |
| | Dr. | Graham | Retired doctor. Lives in the hotel. |
| | Canon | Prescott | Kendal's guest. Rubicund man. aka: Jeremy. |
| | Joan | Prescott | Raymond's wife. Canon's sister. |
| | Harry | Western | Man that shot his wife's lover in the Caribbean. |
| | Count | de Ferrari | Harry's wife's lover. |
| | Flora | | Miss Jane's friend. Part of The Great Quartette. |
| | Fauna | | Miss Jane's friend. Part of The Great Quartette. |
| | Gregory | Dyson | Hotel guest. Big man with thick, gray hair. aka: Greg. |
| | Lucky | Dyson | Greg's wife. Edward's mistress. |
| | Edward | Hillingdon | Hotel guest. Police colonel. |
| | Evelyn | Hillingdon | Hotel guest. Edward's wife. |
| 2 | Esther | Walters | Widowed woman. Mr. Rafiel's secretary. |
| | Arthur | Jackson | Valet attendant. Mr. Rafiel's nurse attendant. |
| | General | Leroy | Police general. Miss Jane's friend. |
| | Captain | Flemming | Captain. Miss Jane's friend. |
| | Admiral | Wicklow | Miss Jane's friend. |
| | Commander | Richardson | Miss Jane's friend. |
| | Mr. | Murdoch | Butcher. |
| | Marleen | | A woman in three crowns. |
| | Peter | Wolfe | Man who committed suicide. |
| | Caroline | Wolfe | Peter's first wife. |
| 4 | Denzil | | Miss Jane's dead nephew, who also happens to be her favorite. |
| 6 | Victoria | Johnson | St. Honore girl. Hotel housekeeper. |
| 7 | Senora de | Caspearo | A handsome woman from Venezuela. |
| | Dr. | Robertson | West Indies police doctor. |
| | Fernando | | Head waiter. |
| 9 | Lucrezia | Borgia | A beautiful woman who murdered her own husband. |
| 10 | Daventry | | Administrator. Dr. Graham's friend. |
| 12 | Gail | | Greg's first wife. The woman Lucky killed. |
| 14 | Inspector | Weston | Lieutenant of St. Honore. |
| | Jim | Ellis | Has an affair with Victoria. |
| 15 | Enrico | Manuel | Tim's cook. |
| 16 | Henry | Clithering | Miss Jane's friend in England. |
| 17 | Jonas | Parry | Man in town clerk's office near Miss Jane's residence. |
| 18 | Miss | Greatorex | Lucky's cousin. |
