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Agatha Christie Character Tie-Ins

Hercule Poirot==>Ariadne Oliver==>Mrs. Dane Calthrop==>Miss Marple


Mrs. Oliver==>Parker Pyne Mrs. Oliver==>Hercule Poirot
(Mrs. Oliver was employed at one time by Mr. Parker Pyne and she knows Hercule Poirot.)


Mr. Sattherthwaite==>Hercule Poirot
Mr. Sattherthwaite==>Harley Quin
(Mr. Sattherthwaite, who appears with Hercule Poirot in Murder in Three Acts, is also an acquaintance of Harley Quin.)



Cards On The Table = Poirot + Race + Oliver + Battle



Battle's Children:
Sylvia (Towards Zero)
Colin Lamb (The Clocks)

Battle is married and has five children. One of them a daughter Sylvia is in Towards Zero and it is also believed that Colin Lamb (The Clocks) is a son of Battle's.



durmaz_murat also submitted this info:

Superintendent Battle: Appears in his own detective books and also Poirot's


Dane Calthrop the Reverend and Maude: Miss Marple and Ariadne Oliver


Hugh (or John) Despard and Rhoda Dawes Despard: Poirot and Ariadne Oliver


Boris Ivanovitch: Tommy and Tuppence, and Poirot


Julia Lancaster: Tommy and Tuppence. A person strangely similar is also referred to in a Miss Marple novel (Sleeping Murder) and an Ariadne Oliver novel (The Pale Horse).


Lemon Felicity: Poirot and Parker Pyne


Colonel Melrose: Two Battle novels and one Harley Quin short story


Oliver Ariadne: Poirot and Parker Pyne


Pikeway Colonel: Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence plus (I think) Passenger to Frankfurt


Johnny Race: Poirot (two novels) and Sparkling Cyanide


Mr. Robinson: Poirot, Marple and Tommy and Tuppence


Mr.Satterthwaite: Harley Quin and Poirot (Three Acts)



(Information from members of agatha_agape and various books)