# A Strange Disappearance — Character guide

> Key figures in A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green.

- [Mr. Blake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/mr_blake.md): A wealthy Second Avenue bachelor whose wife has vanished, he prowls the Bowery in grim silence, stopping ragged strangers as if they held the key.
- [Mr. Gryce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/mr_gryce.md): The veteran detective who takes the Blake case with quiet authority, weighing a housekeeper's wild tale of whispered voices and a ladder against the plain facts.
- [Mrs. Daniels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/mrs_daniels.md): The Blakes' trembling housekeeper, who paces Mr. Blake's door wringing her hands yet never dares knock, and whose strange behavior keeps the case alive.
- [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/the_girl.md): The vanished servant whose empty room, open window, and traces of struggle turn a household worry into a mystery the police cannot dismiss.
- [Mrs. Blake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/mrs_blake.md): Mr. Blake's missing wife, whose fate drives the search and whose portrait still hangs in the house, watching over every clue the detectives uncover.
- [The Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/the_lady.md): A striking woman who appears at the Charity Ball on a foreign gentleman's arm, her beauty now carrying a defiant edge that stops the detective cold.
- [Luttra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/luttra.md): A servant who vanishes from a wealthy household without a trace, Luttra leaves behind a bloodstain, a devoted housekeeper, and a mystery no one can explain.
- [Fanny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/fanny.md): A pretty young woman, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Countess De Mirac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/countess_de_mirac.md): An elegant European countess whose comings and goings at the Windsor House draw the uneasy attention of a man already shadowed by suspicion and dread.
- [Miss Evelyn Blake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/miss_evelyn_blake.md): A pale, tight-lipped young woman of the Blake household whose halting answers about the missing servant suggest she knows far more than she will say.
- [Holman Blake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/holman_blake.md): The handsome cousin whose charm and proximity to the Blake family make him an intriguing figure in a household already shadowed by secrets and suspicion.
- [The Master of the House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/the_master_of_the_house.md): The male head of the household, possibly Mr. Blake.
- [Amy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/amy.md): A female character, possibly a servant or relative.
- [Schoenmaker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/schoenmaker.md): The youngest Schoenmaker, bound by blood to a family of criminals yet torn by loyalty to a father whose vicious life she cannot save or abandon.
- [Thompson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/thompson.md): A character who tells a story or provides information.
- [The Schoenmakers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/the_schoenmakers.md): A family of hardened criminals whose name carries menace, they operate in shadows, using abduction and blackmail as tools of their trade.
- [Emily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/emily.md): A female character, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Cecilia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/cecilia.md): A female character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Servants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/servants.md): Generic household servants in the Blake home.
- [Madame Dudevant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_disappearance_se/characters/madame_dudevant.md): A French woman, possibly a historical allusion with narrative role.

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