# The Murder on the Links — Character guide

> Key figures in The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie.

- [Hercule Poirot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/hercule_poirot.md): The brilliant Belgian detective investigating the murder at Villa Geneviève.
- [Captain Hastings](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/captain_hastings.md): Poirot's friend and occasional narrator, who accompanies him to France.
- [Paul Renauld](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/paul_renauld.md): The murdered wealthy Englishman found stabbed in a golf course grave.
- [Jack Renauld](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/jack_renauld.md): Paul Renauld's son, initially suspected of his father's murder.
- [Mrs. Renauld](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/mrs_renauld.md): Paul Renauld's widow, who gives a dramatic account of the night of the murder.
- [Bella Duveen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/bella_duveen.md): A young actress and Jack Renauld's secret fiancée, who writes a revealing letter.
- [M. Giraud](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/m_giraud.md): A conceited detective from the Sûreté who competes with Poirot.
- [M. Hautet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/m_hautet.md): The local examining magistrate overseeing the murder investigation.
- [Marthe Daubreuil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/mademoiselle_daubreuil.md): The beautiful young neighbor and Jack Renauld's other love interest.
- [Madame Daubreuil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/madame_daubreuil.md): Marthe's mother, a secretive woman with a past linked to the Beroldy case.
- [Gabriel Stonor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/gabriel_stonor.md): Paul Renauld's secretary and trusted business associate from England.
- [M. Bex](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/m_bex.md): The local commissary of police assisting with the case.
- [Georges Conneau](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/georges_conneau.md): A notorious criminal whose past is connected to the Daubreuil family.
- [Françoise Arrichet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/francoise_arrichet.md): The elderly housekeeper at the Renauld villa.
- [Léonie Oulard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/leonie_oulard.md): A young maid at the Renauld household who provides key testimony.
- [Dr. Durand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/dr_durand.md): The doctor who examines the body and the crime scene.
- [Inspector Japp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/japp.md): A Scotland Yard inspector who appears briefly in the investigation.
- [Mr. Aarons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/mr_aarons.md): A man who provides information about a mysterious stranger.
- [Mr. Hiram P. Trapp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/mr_hiram_p_trapp.md): An American tourist who encountered the victim before the murder.
- [Cinderella](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/cinderella.md): A stage name used by one of the Duveen sisters in a theatrical troupe.
- [The Dulcibella Kids](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/the_dulcibella_kids.md): A performing duo mentioned in connection with the Duveen sisters.
- [Jeanne Beroldy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/jeanne_beroldy.md): The wife in the infamous Beroldy murder case.
- [Arnold Beroldy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/arnold_beroldy.md): The murdered husband in the Beroldy case.
- [Santiago](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/santiago.md): A South American location mentioned in connection with the victim's past.

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