Convicted Innocent

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