# Captain Black — Poirot Investigates character guide

> Captain Black in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Black, young Black

**First appearance:** 0003-the-mystery-of-hunter-s-lodge

## Who they are

A suspect in the murder at Hunter's Lodge.

## In the story

### [The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poirot_investigates_se/chapters/the-tragedy-at-marsdon-manor)

A young soldier who told the suicide story at dinner; becomes a key witness and subject of Poirot's word association test.

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