# The Poisoned Chocolates Case — Character guide

> Key figures in The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley.

- [Roger Sheringham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/roger_sheringham.md): A detective and member of the Crimes Circle, central to solving the poisoned chocolates case.
- [Sir Charles Wildman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/sir_charles_wildman.md): A barrister and member of the Crimes Circle who presents a theory about the case.
- [Mr. Graham Bendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/mr_graham_bendix.md): A club member whose wife was poisoned by the chocolates, a key figure in the investigation.
- [Sir Eustace Pennefather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/sir_eustace_pennefather.md): A retired police commissioner and member of the Crimes Circle who offers his own theory.
- [Miss Dammers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/miss_dammers.md): A member of the Crimes Circle, a sharp-witted woman who contributes to the debate.
- [Mr. Ambrose Chitterwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/mr_ambrose_chitterwick.md): A timid but clever member of the Crimes Circle who eventually solves the case.
- [Mrs. Fielder-Flemming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/mrs_fielder_flemming.md): Mrs. Fielder-Flemming belongs to Roger Sheringham's exclusive Crimes Circle, where membership demands both encyclopedic knowledge of real cases and genuine deductive flair. Her contribution to the poisoned chocolates puz
- [Chief Inspector Moresby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/chief_inspector_moresby.md): Chief Inspector Moresby arrives at the Crimes Circle dinner as guest of honor, a tolerant professional among enthusiastic amateurs who fancy themselves his intellectual superiors. He has already done the unglamorous poli
- [Mrs. Verreker-le-Mesurer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/mrs_verreker_le_mesurer.md): Mrs. Verreker-le-Mesurer earned her place among Roger Sheringham's hand-picked criminologists by demonstrating constructive mental ability, not merely morbid curiosity. Her approach to the Bendix poisoning favors the tan
- [Morton Harrogate Bradley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/morton_harrogate_bradley.md): Morton Harrogate Bradley occupies the uncomfortable position of a man whose circumstances invite suspicion, whether or not he deserves it. In a case where poisoned chocolates arrived by post and killed the wrong person, 
- [Lady Pennefather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/lady_pennefather.md): Sir Eustace's wife, mentioned in connection to the case.
- [Alicia Dammers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/alicia_dammers.md): Miss Dammers' niece, a young woman involved in the case.
- [Joan Bendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_poisoned_chocolates_case_se/characters/joan_bendix.md): The murdered woman, wife of Graham Bendix, who died from poisoned chocolates.

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