Character List

A list of the main characters in the book.

The Blood Pit by Kate Ellis Characters
Prologue - Fifteen Years Later
Annette Marrick - Foxglove House
Charlie Marrick - found dead, thief

Chapter 1
Neil Watson - archaeologist
Daz - dealer
Carl Pinney - murderer
Chalsea - Carl’s sister
Chief Inspector Gerry Heffernan
DI Wesley Peterson
Pam Peterson - Wesley’s wife
Michael - Wesley and Pam ‘s son
Colin Bowman - pathologist
DS Rachel Tracey
Nathan - nicked from vet’s surgery
Detective Constable Steve Carstairs - arresting officer

Chapter 2
DC Trish Walton
Petronella Blackwell - Mrs Marrick’s daughter
Sam - DCI Heffernan’s son
Rosie - DCI Heffernan’s daughter
Fabrice Colbert - owner of Le Petit Poisson, Tradmouth, chef
Simon Tench - Cornvale Veterinary Surgery, Sam’s boss

Chapter 3
Brother William - story
Joyce - Heffernan’s lady friend
Damien - sauce maker
Jean-Claude Montfort - sommelier
Robbie Carstairs - Steve’s father
Joanne Beeston - Robbie’s employee
Maritia and Mark - Wesley’s sister and husband
Diane Lowe and Barbara Smith - archaeologists
Muriel - retired nurse
Norman - retired history teacher
Middle-aged housewife - study archaeology
Lenny - free spirit
Chief superintendent Nutter
DC Paul Johnson
Darren Collins - 3 years post office robbery
Betina Betis - friend of Annette

Chapter 4
DC Lee Parsons
Celia Dawn - friend of Annette
Pegram - family that bought abbey’s lands
Amelia - Pam and Wesley’s daughter
Jonathan - Pam’s friend
Marie - wife, partner, friend, mistress or up-market domestic help
Daniel and Nathan

Chapter 5
Emma - Simon Tench’s wife
Della - Pam’s mother
Mrs Crimmond - elderly woman

Chapter 6
David Attenborough - BBC natural history programmes

Chapter 7
Dan Zachary - custody sergeant
Andy - new lad on duty
Sarah - impressed with DC Lee Parsons
Peter Wicks - senior partner Veterinary Surgery
Harry and Stella - Rachel’s parents
Bartholomew (Barty) Carter - London to rural country life
Kathy - Rosie’s mother

Chapter 8
Christopher Grisham - death in Chester flat
Annabel - closeted in archives at Exeter
David Rizzio - died in the arms of Mary Queen of Scots

Chapter 9
The Spider - killer
Ray Davenport - journalist Tradmouth Echo
Howard - Gerry’s cousin at Chester HQ
DI John Heath - defensive evidence
Jenny Pringle - Grisham’s girlfriend
Valeria Vitrix - twentieth legion, Chester
Dr Oliver Wynn - Headmaster Belsinger school
Mr Foley - Physics
Mr Vaughan - Music
Mr Norman Hedge - History
Mr Mortimer Dean - housemaster Tavistock House
Mr Stanley Hadderson - last headmaster, took his own life

Chapter 10
Bill Ickerman - skeleton in the woods 1989
Helen Spilling - worked at Morbooks
Brother Francis

Chapter 11
Brother Silas
Tom - Forensics
Francis Duparc - Frankie

Chapter 12
John Tregonwell - Cornishman, subordinate of Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII’s Commissioner
Magda- Jenny Pringle’s friend

Chapter 13
Father Peter
Eliza - lived where Diane lived

Chapter 14
Janet Blincoe - caretaker’s daughter

Chapter 15
Abbott Thomas Standing

Thanks Eadie, no shortage of characters in this one.

Thanks, Eadie. This is always useful, ☺️.

Many thanks Eadie. These character lists are very helpful.

>2 EadieB: Thanks Eadie.

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Thanks Eadie

You’re welcome >8 JohnDBurke: