Description: Harley Quin is the most mysterious character created by Agatha Christie. Find out more about Mr Quin, Christie’s own favourite character.
Mysterious, elusive, appearing suddenly in a flash of lights and colours, Mr Quin is a friend of lovers and is always associated with death. He assists Mr Satterthwaite with various mysteries, gently guiding him towards a solution with an almost supernatural instinct.
There would be some little fact, some apparently irrelevant phrase, to point him out for what he was: a man shown in a harlequin-coloured light that fell on him through a glass window...
Along with his "emissary" Mr Satterthwaite, Harley Quin was Agatha Christie’s favourite character (not least because she only wrote stories about him when she wanted to). Based on the Harlequin of the Commedia dell’ arte , Mr Quin helps his friend Satterthwaite to solve crimes using his extraordinary skills and almost mystical instincts.