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Top 3 favorite characters?

detectivepauljohn 28 Sep 08 at 9:02 a.m. GMT

mine are: 

1. Carrie Gardener(Evil Under the Sun)
2. Mrs. Allerton(Death On the Nile)
3. Rhoda Dawes(Cards On the Table)

     I also like Mrs. Otterbourne and Cornelia Robson from Death On the Nile, Major Despard from Cards On the Table, Rosamund Darnley from Evil Under the Sun and Louise Leidner from Murder at Mesopotamia. How about you?

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BrigidM 04 Mar 12 at 3:35 p.m. GMT

1) Lucy Eyelesbarrow (4.50 from Paddington)

2) Captain Hastings (Poirot books)

3) Mrs Allerton (Death on the Nile)

Pat_september 25 Jul 11 at 4:42 p.m. GMT

1. Miss Lemon

2.Mark Easterbrook (The Pale Horse)

3. Mr Shaitana (Cards on the Table)

hm, I had to leave Captain Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp aside

popbubble 25 Jul 11 at 4:06 p.m. GMT

1. Bob the dog (Dumb witness)

2. Jaqueline De Belfort (Death on the Nile)

3. Miss.Marple (Any Marple Books) 

:)

ErkutSoyer 20 Jul 11 at 2:42 p.m. GMT

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                       Caroline Sheppard (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)-(She is very raunchy)

                       Badger Beadon (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?)-(He's funny)

                       Miss Sprot (N or M?)-(She is very succesful actress)

leavantgarde 20 Jul 11 at 6:51 a.m. GMT

Anyone else a fan of Mr. Goby? I seriously LOL at AC's descriptions of what inanimate object he converses with rather than Poirot!

Mr_Graves 21 Feb 11 at 4:56 a.m. GMT

1. Ariadne Oliver- clear first!

2. Cornelia Robson, such a beautiful nature...

3. For some obscure reason, I remember the girl "Socks" from The Seven Dials Mystery...

Tommy_A_Jones 19 Feb 11 at 4:46 p.m. GMT

It is impossible to neme a favourite 3, If we rule out The Beresfgords, Miss Marple and Poirot and Recurring Characters it us a bit easier.

For Men I like Bobby Jones, Colonel Carbury and Charles Haywood and with Women I like Anne Beddingfield, Francess Derwent and Emily Trefusis but I am sire there are better Characters of either sex, I don't like any from Sparkling Cyanide or Endless Night and only Mr Coleman in Murder In Mesopotamia and none in Death Comes As The End. I am sure I like alot I can't actually remember At The Minute but as they aren't jumping out at me perhaps not.

jane_delawney 19 Feb 11 at 4:07 p.m. GMT

This is kind of obvious, but ... Miss Marple. She is one of the most wonderful characters I have ever encountered in any work of fiction. I wish she was real and I could have tea with her. Also, I adore Dolly Bantry.

I cannot help liking Philip Lombard. Possibly this goes to show that AC was right about women falling for "bad lots".

And I love most of the characters in The Hollow - though a lot of them are not actually likable, they are so well written.

emilytrefusis 27 Oct 10 at 10:38 a.m. GMT

Poirot: Alexander Bonaparte Cust (ABC) and Linnet Ridgeway (Nile)

Marple: Lucy Eyelsbarrow (4.50) and Griselda (Vicarage)

Other: Emily Trefusis (Sittaford) and Ann Bedingfield (Chimneys & Seven Dials)

Shells156 15 Sep 10 at 10:41 p.m. GMT

1)  Lucy Eyelesbarrow 

2) Captain Arthur Hastings

3) Sophia Leonides

Tommy_A_Jones 10 Sep 10 at 4:27 p.m. GMT

Bobby Jones

Alan Cade

Anne Beddingfield

It was a close run thing, I nearly added Tomy Beresford and Colin Lamb but I thought I would be perdantic, as this is in the Non-series section.

mr_mr1983 09 Sep 10 at 4:25 p.m. GMT

My favourite characters are:

1) Caroline Crale from 'Five Little Pigs'. What a tragic tale that was. I thought the TV adaptation to the novel was particularly moving.

2) Dora Bunner from 'A Murder is Announced'.

3) probably Jacqueline de Bellefort from 'Death on the Nile'.

xrysoula 21 Aug 10 at 11:17 p.m. GMT

I agree, there way too many of them, but I 'll try to have my pick at this late hour:

1) Jerry Burton, from "The Moving Finger", for being one of the few handsome and reliable male characters in AC 's novels  

2) Mrs Folliat, from "Dead Man 's Folly', for being such a great lady

3) Lyhn Marchment, from "Taken At The Flood", for her unusual and contradictory personality.

anthony_cade 19 Aug 10 at 12:15 a.m. GMT

Aaargh! Me too! Is it possible to retrospectively put a spoiler warning on your post, cameronjhw? To save anyone else stumbling upon it?

Anyway.... Great question - favourite characters:

1) Anthony Cade (no prizes for guessing that!) -Secret of Chimneys

2) Virginia Revel - Secret of Chimneys

2) Tony Browne - Sparkling Cyanide

Though ask me on a different day, and I'd probably find that 3 different names spring to mind! There are so many fabulous characters!

Mr_west 29 May 10 at 7:20 p.m. GMT

oh i'm so sorry for you it's happen to me too!

my 3 are:

1. Jacqueline De Belfort (Death On The Nile)

2. Mrs. Hubbard (Murder On The Orient Express)

3.Carlotta Adams (Lord Edgware Dies)

MissQuin 28 May 10 at 3:41 p.m. GMT

I think you forgot spoiler warning as I just read the Crooked house murderer!!!! Ive not read that one, oh no..

cameronjhw 28 May 10 at 3:34 p.m. GMT

My 3 favorite characters besides Poirot are:

1. Josephine (Crooked House)-although she was the killer and also demented she reminds me of myself because I'm a huge fan of detective stories also because she likes to spy on people and thinks she is clever.

2.Tony Browne (Sparkling Cyanide)-he is witty, good-looking, has a mysterious past and he ends up being a good guy and married Iris Marle

3. Countess Andrenyi-(Murder on the Orient Express)-because she suffered a lot from the kidnapping and murder of Daisy Armstrong and because she described as being so beautiful and very attractive

other characters-Masterman, MacQueen, Hardman, Charles Hayward, Kameni, Hori, Simon Doyle, Salome Otterbourne, Patrick Redfern, Miss Brewster, The Gardeners.

Christopher_Wren 15 Mar 10 at 7:23 p.m. GMT

1. Christopher Wren (The Mousetrap)

2. Jacqueline de Bellefort (Death on the Nile)

3. Mrs Hubbard (Murder on the Orient Express)

biggles_aristide 15 Jan 10 at 3:32 a.m. GMT

Very good question.....hmm...........

These are in a random order by the way..

(1) Johnny (Seven dials mystery)

(2) Vera Claythorne (And then there were none)

(3) Corneila (Death on the nile)

Apart from those there are many characters I like....but its a long list.

Nofret 07 Jan 10 at 12:01 p.m. GMT

Favourite characters (apart from Hercule!)

!. Victoria Jones. Forget all those Ladies and Honorables, in They Came to Baghdad Christie gives us a totally believable portrait of a real flesh-and-blood working girl!

2. Michael Rogers. Another working class hero, from the excellent Endless Night, a drifter who dreams of a better life. (And a compelling study of a certain mentality......)

3. OK, a middle class character, not to put a spoiler on it, but the serial killer par excellence in Murder is Easy (And the "red herring" is a very well-drawn character, too). Read this hidden gem of a book, and let Christie gently lead you up the garden path!