Convicted Innocent by Meggie Taylor
Characters (alphabetical order)
Bartholomew, Simon - police sergeant; DI Tipple’s assistant and sounding board for the duration of the case
Bates - the warden at Holloway Prison
Bradtree, Eustace - plainclothes detective sergeant; speaks with a lisp; assisted DI Tipple at the station
Burberry, (Mr.) - half-blind witness to the kidnapping
Carew, Violet - David Powell’s childhood sweetheart; appears only in a dream
Colmes - police sergeant and PC Simmons’s immediate supervisor; mentioned only
Duke, Conway - Nicholas Harker’s uncle; not part of the Harker clan
Ediker, Corbin - convict; overheard a discussion in prison that set in motion the kidnapping
Fred - Corbin Ediker’s pal; mentioned only
Frost - police constable; assisted DI Tipple with Conway Duke’s interview
Gervais, Milo - the murder victim that resulted in Nicholas Harker’s arrest; rival to Harker clan; mentioned only
Griffiths - guard at Holloway Prison
Haggerty, Broderick - plainclothes detective sergeant; assisted with the maps in the tunnels
Hansworth, (Dr.) - police coroner; mentioned only
Harker, Archibald - Nicholas Harker’s uncle; the factory owner
Harker, Ernest - Nicholas Harker’s great-grandfather; former patriarch of the Harker clan; deceased; mentioned only
Harker, Nicholas - also goes by Innocent; the patsy
Harker, Rafe - Nicholas Harker’s father; deceased; mentioned only
Harker, Winston - Nicholas Harker’s grandfather; current patriarch of the Harker clan and once a suspected murderer/rapist; mentioned only
Innocent - the name Nicholas Harker prefers to be called
Little - police constable; doesn’t know what an albatross looks like
Marquette, Henri - one of David Powell’s language student; Elise Marquette’s husband; mentioned only
Marquette, Elise - Henri Marquette’s wife
Marsh, (Mrs.) - Lewis Todd’s landlady
Marvelle, Penelope - also goes by Penny; David Powell’s friend and Lewis Todd’s quasi love interest
McNamara, Angus - Cat’s husband and Agnes (Annie) McNamara’s father; mentioned only
McNamara, Annie - first name is Agnes; Cat’s daughter; mentioned only
Mercers - a Portsmouth gang
Nolan, John - police sergeant; telephoned DI Tipple about a new murder early in the morning
O'Malley, Frank - murder victim; Nicholas Harker’s friend
Powell, Agatha - David Powell’s eldest sister; mentioned only
Powell, David - priest; Lewis Todd’s best friend and fellow kidnapping victim
Powell, Lucy - David Powell’s second eldest sister; mentioned only
Powell, Margaret - also goes by Maggie; David Powell’s twin sister; mentioned only
Powell/McNamara, Catherine - also goes by Cat; David Powell’s youngest sister; Angus McNamara’s wife and Agnes (Annie) McNamara’s mother; mentioned only
Simmons - police constable; alerted DI Tipple to Nicholas Harker’s disappearance
Tipple, Mathilda - also goes by Hildy; Horace Tipple’s wife
Tipple, Horace - also goes by Rory; plainclothes detective inspector; Mathilda Tipple’s husband; leads the investigation against the Harkers and the hunt for the missing men
Todd, Lewis - also goes by Lew; police sergeant; David Powell’s best friend and fellow kidnapping victim; DI Tipple’s protégé
Venn - a thug with particular animosity for David Powell