Characters of the Book

• Philo Vance.

• John F.-X. Markham. District Attorney of New York County.

• Margaret Odell (The “Canary”). Famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl, who was mysteriously murdered in her apartment.

• Amy Gibson. Margaret Odell’s maid.

• Charles Cleaver. A man-about-town.

• Kenneth Spotswoode. A manufacturer.

• Louis Mannix. An importer.

• Dr. Ambroise Lindquist. A fashionable neurologist.

• Tony Skeel. A professional burglar.

• William Elmer Jessup. Telephone operator.

• Harry Spively. Telephone operator.

• Alys La Fosse. A musical-comedy actress.

• Wiley Allen. A gambler.

• Potts. A street-cleaner.

• Amos Feathergill. Assistant District Attorney.

• William M. Moran. Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau.

• Ernest Heath. Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau.

• Snitkin. Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

• Guilfoyle. Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

• Burke. Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

• Tracy. Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office.

• Deputy-Inspector Conrad Brenner. Burglar-tools expert.

• Captain Dubois. Fingerprint expert.

• Detective Bellamy. Fingerprint expert.

• Peter Quackenbush. Official photographer.

• Dr. Doremus. Medical Examiner.

• Swacker. Secretary to the District Attorney.

• Currie. Vance’s valet.