Mr Masterman

In the novel Evil Under the Sun, Mr Masterman, his wife and his children (Edward, Frederick, Jennifer & Roy Masterman) were guests of the Jolly Roger Hotel in Devon during the time of the events in the book. Their home is at 5 Marlborough Avenue, London, N.W. After the murder of Arlena Marshall, the police eliminated him and his family as plausible suspects early on. They are regulars at whe hotel every summer and on the day itself they had gone off on an all-day sailing excursion with another family the Cowans.