Chloe West

In the novel Sparkling Cyanide, Chloe Elizabeth West was an unemployed actress hired by George Barton to pose as his late wife Rosemary. The idea was to recreate the dinner party in which Rosemary was poisoned and make the killer confess. However, Chloe was called by George and was told not to come. It was later revealed that someone posed as Barton when making the call. It is unknown if the person who called Miss West was Ruth Lessing or Victor Drake. However it is most likely the fraudster was Ruth Lessing because Chloe wasn’t sure whether the voice who she heard was a man or not,

Chloe West reminded Chief Inspector Kemp of someone but couldn’t say whom. She was actually vaguely similar to Rosemary Barton.

She lived at Merryvale Court, nº15, Maida Vale.