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Meet the regular and recurring cast of the HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES

ST. THOMAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR ENGLISH BOYS
Reverend Julian Edwards:  Headmaster. Older brother of Harriet. Unmarried. Passionate about cricket.
George Pearson:  Senior Master and Deputy Headmaster
Ethel Pearson: Wife of George. House mother and matron to the boarders
Michael Derby:  Junior Master
 
ST. THOMAS HOUSE (the headmaster’s residence)
Harriet Gordon:  Widow, shorthand typist, unpaid assistant at her brother’s school and former Suffragette
Huo Jin:  Housekeeper at St. Thomas House. Chinese Opera Singer
Lokman:  Cook at St. Thomas House
Aziz:  Odd job boy. Orphan
 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE FORCE
Inspector General of Police, W.A. “Tim” Cuscaden:  (Not fictional) 1853-1936. Retired from Straits Settlements Police in 1913. Introduced innovative policing methods such as finger printing. Has a road named for him in Singapore.
Detective Branch
Inspector Robert Curran:  Straits Settlement Police Force Detective Branch. Former military policeman. Nephew of the Earl of Alcester. Black sheep of that particular family. Opening batsman for Singapore Cricket Club.
Sergeant Gursharan Singh: 3rd generation Sikh policeman. Curran’s right hand man
Constable Ernest Greaves:  Branch ‘wonder boy’ – newly arrived from London.
Constable Tan Jian Ju:  Excellent undercover detective and lover of motor vehicles
Constable Musa Bin Ahmed: The most junior member of the detective branch.
Nabeel:  Detective Branch clerk.
 
FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
Khoo Li An:  Curran’s live in lover. Scarred woman of mystery.
Doctor Euan Mackenzie:  Chief Surgeon Singapore General Hospital and part time Police Surgeon. Old friend of Harriet’s late husband, James Gordon.
Louisa Mackenzie:  Wife of Euan and Harriet’s best friend.
Griff Maddocks:  A gentleman of the Press and friend of Harriet.
Lavinia Pemberthey-Smythe:  Widow of the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion South Sussex Regiment. (Book 2)
Simon Hume:  Australian journalist. Shares digs with Griff Maddocks
Sister Doreen Wilson:  Nurse at hospital. Friend of Griff Maddocks
​Jayant Kumar:  A young Indian man with a story to tell 
​​​Mahmud:  Curran's elderly syce.
Clive Strong:  Lawyer, partner of Lovett, Strong & Dickens
  
ANIMALS
Leopold:  Curran’s horse
Shashti:  Harriet's kitten
Mr. Carrots:  The school’s trap pony

In addition to the regular characters introduced in Singapore Sapphire meet:

Book 1:  SINGAPORE SAPPHIRE

Book 2:  REVENGE IN RUBIES

THE HOTEL VAN WIJK
Henrik Van Gelder:   Hotel Manager
Mrs. Van Gelder:       His wife
Stefan Paar:   Hotel Clerk
Hans Visscher:   Hotel Clerk
Nils Cornilissen:  Guest (Dealer in Asian antiquities)
Gertrude Cornilissen:  His wife

THE EXPLORERS AND GEOGRAPHERS CLUB
Sir Oswald Newbold:  President, explorer of northern Burma, crashing bore
James Carruthers:  Club Secretary
Colonel Augustus Foster:  A member. Keen on cricket and motor vehicles

OTHERS
William Lawson (age 9):  Pupil at St. Tom's
John Lawson:  His father. A rubber planter.

FIRST BATTALION SOUTH SUSSEX REGIMENT OF FOOT
Lieutenant Colonel John Nolan:  Commanding Officer
Sylvie Nolan:  His wife
Jack Nolan: (age 10) His son and pupil at St. Tom's
Priscilla Nolan:  His sister. Spinster

Major Percy Goff:  Provost Marshall (Military Police). 
Captain James Hawke:  Adjutant
Captain Mayhew:  Regimental Quarter Master
Lieutenant Nicholas Gentry: brother of Sylvie Nolan. Assistant adjutant
Lieutenant George Cox:  Room mate to Nicholas Gentry
Corporal Fred Billings:  Lt Col Nolan's batman.

Lavinia Pemberthey-Smythe:  Widow of former CO of 1st Bn South Sussex

OTHERS
Simon Hume:  Australian journalist. Shares digs with Griff Maddocks
Sumeet Kaur:  Gursharan Singh's wife
​Clyde Morris:  Social Committee Ladies Tennis Club
Sister Doreen Wilson:  Nurse at hospital. Friend of Griff Maddocks
Madam Lim:  Proprietor of an opium den in Chinatown
Henry Ridley:  (Not fictional) "Mad Ridley" Director of the Botanical Gardens. 

Book 3:  EVIL IN EMERALD

THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC AND MUSIC SOCIETY (SADAMS)
​Charles Lovett:  President of SADAMS, Director of productions, star of shows and partner of Lovett, Strong & Dickens (lawyers)
Elspeth Lovett:  His wife, also Secretary and costumier for SADAMS 
Eunice Lovett:  17yo daughter of Charles. 
Alicia Sewell:  Soprano. Leading Lady. Formerly on the stage in London. 
Tony Dowling:  Tenor. Leading man. New Zealander. 

OTHERS
Joshua Henry:  Manager Caldwell & Hubbard Insurance. Dowling's employer
Percy Fraser and John Butcher:  Dowling's housemates
Teo Gum Loong:  Li An's cousin
Superintendent Montague ("Monty") Pett: (Not Fictional):  Chief Fire Officer
George Sewell:  Husband of Alicia Sewell. Commodities broker with Robert White & Co. 
Lionel Ellis:  A planter. Manager of the Sungei Pandan Company
​Jayant Kumar:  A young Indian man with a story to tell 
Inspector John Keogh:  Federated Malay States Police. 
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