IDENTIFIER Agatha Christie characters

The Queen of Crime's creations don't have to be a mysterious affair. Put those little grey cells to work with this handy guide in honour of this month's International Agatha Christie Festival in Devon*.

Hercule Poirot That famously egg-shaped head spent 35 years cracking crimes. Got a front-page obituary in the New York Times for his Curtain call in 1975. Countess Vera Rossakoff The only woman to turn Poirot's head, this gem thief made her three outings count. He even braved a nightclub for her, fittingly named ‘Hell'. Jane Marple It takes a village (St Mary Mead) to raise such a spinster sleuth. Overlook at your peril: doesn't let wrong ‘uns off her hook/knitting needle. Inspector Japp Said to be ‘ferret-faced' but out-paced by Poirot in ferreting out of murders: his initial rudeness mellows to respect over seven novels together. Miss Lemon First name Felicity, more known by her honorific. Provided Lemon-aid as Poirot's ‘unbelievably ugly and incredibly efficient' secretary. Tommy and Tuppence Over five books we see this couple go from Bright Young Things…

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