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1. The narrator of the story; a pilot who has been injured in a plane crash and moves to Lymstock for a period of recuperation.
2. The narrator's sister, a very modern young lady, who moves with her brother to Lymstock after a relationship break-up.
3. The village doctor, an awkward and shy man, who falls in love with Joanna whom he eventually marries.
4. An elderly spinster who, because of financial constraints, decides to rent her house to the Burtons while she moves into rooms kept by her former parlourmaid.
5. The wife of the local solicitor; she receives a poison pen letter declaring that her husband is not the father of their two sons and she dies shortly thereafter.
6. Lymstock's local solicitor; he is described as "the acme of calm respectability". He receives an anonymous letter accusing him of having an illicit relationship with his clerk, Miss Ginch.
7. The Symmington's house parlour-maid; she is found murdered and stuffed into a cupboard under the stairs.
8. Mona Symmington's 20-year-old daughter by her first marriage who is the "odd man out" in the Symmington family; she risks her own life to expose the murderer.
9. The vicar's wife; she is described as a very forceful personality and perhaps "a little bit mad". As a result, most the population of Lymstock were a little afraid of her.
10. An elderly spinster who likes to knit and solve mysteries; she knows a great deal about human nature. Mrs Dane Calthrop declares her an expert in "human wickedness".
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