Merlina Rival

In the novel The Clocks, Merlina Rival (real name Flossie Gapp, married name Merlina Castleton) described herself as an actress and hostess. She identified the murdered man at Wilbraham Crescent as Harry Castleton, her former husband. She was a pawn of the murderers who is killed by them. She is stabbed in the back and is found at Victoria tube station, in London.