# The Crimson Circle — Character guide

> Key figures in The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace.

- [Felix Marl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/felix_marl.md): A charismatic criminal mastermind who hides behind the respectable alias Jack Beardmore, charming his way through London society while secretly directing the Crimson Circle's reign of terror.
- [Derrick Yale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/derrick_yale.md): A brilliant private detective whose cool, probing methods make him both the Crimson Circle's greatest threat and the bitter rival of Scotland Yard's own investigator.
- [Thalia Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/thalia_drummond.md): A sharp-witted, enigmatic young woman who moves between polite society and the criminal underworld, leaving even the cleverest men uncertain where her loyalties truly lie.
- [Mr. Parr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/mr_parr.md): A stolid, methodical police inspector whose career hangs by a thread as the Crimson Circle outwits him at every turn, while a flashier rival steals his glory.
- [Harvey Froyant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/harvey_froyant.md): A suspicious, tight-fisted old financier whose terror of the Crimson Circle's death threats collides with his obsessive determination to recover every penny he has lost.
- [Brabazon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/brabazon.md): A nervous, cornered associate of the Crimson Circle whose arrest and imprisonment make him a vital, endangered source of information for the men hunting the gang.
- [Raphael Willings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/raphael_willings.md): Willings moves through London society as a man of exquisite taste, his Onslow Gardens house a showplace of armour, prints, and Italian servants. When the Crimson Circle marks him as its newest victim, he greets the news 
- [Milly Macroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/milly_macroy.md): Milly works alongside Thalia Drummond at Brabazon's bank and moonlights as a conduit between the criminal underworld and the Crimson Circle's operations. She resents Thalia's composure and quick mind, and her wounded van
- [Mr. Barnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/mr_barnet.md): Barnet moves between the Moulin Gris and the shabbier edges of London, a man whose polished appearance and soft hands conceal a history of shady associations. Inspector Parr treats him with wary familiarity, pressing him
- [Jim Beardmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/old_jim_beardmore.md): The father of Jack Beardmore, a victim of the Crimson Circle's schemes.
- [Lightman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/lightman.md): A character with a minor role in the unfolding mystery.
- [Ambrose Sibly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/sibly.md): A minor figure associated with the criminal underworld.
- [M. Pallion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/m_pallion.md): A French contact or associate of the Crimson Circle.
- [James Heggitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/mr_james_heggitt.md): A disappointed man who crosses paths with the main characters.
- [Colonel Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/colonel_morton.md): A military figure who appears in the investigation.

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