The Murder at the Vicarage · Character
Miss Cram
A brisk, bouncing young woman whose cheerful nosiness about the murder and breezy contempt for the police make her a village original worth watching.
supporting
Also known as Miss Gladys Cram, Gladys Cram, little Gladys, Gladys, The fair Gladys
First appearance: the murder at the vicarage
As a supporting figure in The Murder at the Vicarage, Miss Cram is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Visits out of curiosity, gossips about Lettice and Dr.
Gladys Cram breezes through the vicarage with movie-star opinions about Lawrence Redding and a healthy scorn for anyone foolish enough to confess to murder. She is common, good-humoured, and utterly unembarrassed by her own curiosity, which she pursues with the same energy she brings to everything else. Whether she is merely a gossip or something more deliberate, her sharp eyes and sharper questions keep her circling the case's edges.
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- Primary suspects and investigators
- Protagonist
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See Miss Cram in the murder at the vicarage