# Robert Grant — The Big Four character guide

> Robert Grant in The Big Four by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Grant

**First appearance:** 0004-v-disappearance-of-a-scientist

## Snapshot

A young man caught in the orbit of the Big Four's schemes, whose loyalties and true allegiance remain dangerously unclear.

## Who they are

Robert Grant moves through the case as a figure whose involvement is never quite what it seems, drawing suspicion even as he appears to cooperate. In a world where Number Four can wear any face and the Big Four's reach extends into submarines and aeroplanes, a young man with uncertain motives is a liability as much as an asset. His presence forces Poirot and Hastings to ask the question that haunts the whole investigation: whom can you actually trust?

## In the story

### [IV: The Importance of a Leg of Mutton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_four_se/chapters/iv-the-importance-of-a-leg-of-mutton)

The accused man, interviewed by Poirot, who declares him innocent.

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