1 | Johnnie | Butt | Postman. |
| Mr. | Totman | Stationer of the High Street. |
| Laura | Easterbrook | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. Colonel's wife. |
| Mrs. | Sweetenham | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. |
| Miss | Blacklock | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. |
| Edmund | Sweetenham | Mrs. Sweetenham's son. |
| Selina | Lawrence | The woman who needed a cook. |
| Letitia | Blacklock | Owner of Little Paddocks. aka: Letty. |
| Simon | | Edmund's uncle. |
| Archie | Easterbrook | Mrs. Easterbrook's husband. Colonel. |
| Amy | Murgatroyd | Lives with Hinchcliffe. |
| Miss | Hinchcliffe | Lives with Amy. aka: Hinch. |
| Diana Bunch | Harmon | The vicar's wife. |
| Julian | Harmon | Diana's husband. A vicar. |
| Edward | Harmon | Julian's son. |
| Susan | Harmon | Julian's daughter. |
| Julia | Simmons | Letty's young cousin. Patrick's sister. |
2 | Patrick | Simmons | Letty's young cousin. Julia's brother. |
| Dora | Bunner | A close friend of Letty's. Her former schoolmate. aka: Bunny. |
| Phillipa | Haymes | Little Paddocks boarder. Dayas Hall gardener. |
| Mitzi | | Letty's housekeeper and cook. Refugee. |
3 | Mrs. | Lucas | Phillipa's boss. |
4 | George | Rydesdale | Chief constable of Middleshire. |
| Dermot Eric | Craddock | Detective inspector. Sir Henry's grandson. |
| Legg | | Police inspector. |
| Rudi | Scherz | Deceased foreigner. Swiss man who worked at the Royal Spa Hotel. |
| Fletcher | | Police sergeant. |
| Sir Henry | Clithering | Scotland Yard's ex-commissioner. |
| Mr. | Rowlandson | Royal Spa Hotel manager. |
| Mryna | Harris | Waitress. Rudi's close friend. |
5 | Mrs. | Huggins | Letty's gardener. |
7 | Marlene | | Woman in jail. |
| Florrie | | Bellamy's daughter. Jane's parlourmaid. |
8 | Jane | Marple | Diana's aunt. Detective's ally. |
| Raymond | West | Jane's nephew. |
| Fred | Tyler | Man in the fish shop. |
| Jessie | Spragge | The girl at Draper's. |
| Jim | Kelly | Notorious swindler. |
| Emma | | Craddock's aunt. |
10 | Randall | Goedler | A man associated with Letty. |
| Belle | Goedler | Randall's wife. |
| Sonia | Goedler | Randall's sister. |
| Dmitri | Stamfordis | Sonia's husband. |
| Pip | Stamfordis | Sonia's son. Emma's twin. |
| Emma | Stamfordis | Sonia's daughter. Pip's twin. |
11 | Pat | Simmons | Julia and Patrick's mother. |
12 | Ronald | Haymes | Phillipa's husband. Ex-military. |
| Harry | Haymes | Ronald and Phillipa's son. |
13 | Mr. | Elliot | Owner of the antique shop. |
| Hynes | | Phillipa's lodger. |
14 | Sister | McClelland | Mrs. Goedler's nurse. |
16 | Mr. | Beddingfield | Letty's lawyer. |
17 | Charlotte | | Letty's sister. |
18 | Dr. | Blacklock | Letty's father. |
| Mr. | Curtiss | The Wesleyan Minister. |
19 | Tiglath | Pileser | Letty's cat. |
20 | Edwards | | Police detective. |
23 | Adolf | Koch | Doctor. |