# Characters of the Book explained — The Canary Murder Case

> Chapter companion for The Canary Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine.

## What happens

This chapter lists the principal characters of the novel, including Philo Vance, District Attorney John F.-X. Markham, the victim Margaret Odell, and various suspects, investigators, and other figures involved in the case.

## Character check-ins

### Philo Vance

Listed as a central character in the book.

### John F.-X. Markham

District Attorney of New York County.

### Margaret Odell

The victim, known as the 'Canary,' a Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl.

### Amy Gibson

Margaret Odell's maid.

### Ernest Heath

Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau.

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