# Countess Vera Rossakoff — The Big Four character guide

> Countess Vera Rossakoff in The Big Four by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Countess Rossakoff, Rossakoff, Countess Vera Rossakoff, The Countess Vera Rossakoff

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-a-chess-problem

## Who they are

A glamorous Russian countess and former criminal associate.

## In the story

### [The Woman on the Stairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_four_se/chapters/vi-the-woman-on-the-stairs)

Assists in rescuing Halliday from a villa; leaves a note signed 'I. V.' which Poirot finds suspicious.

### [The Dying Chinaman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_four_se/chapters/xvi-the-dying-chinaman)

Delivers a second warning to Hastings to leave England, speaking of her admiration for Poirot and hinting at a third warning from 'the Destroyer.'

### [In the Felsenlabyrynth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_four_se/chapters/xviii-in-the-felsenlabyrynth)

Exposes Achille's disguise; later revealed to have been won over by Poirot through the recovery of her child.

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