Joan Kench

In the novel Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Joan Kench is the betweenmaid at Gorston Hall. She does not appear in person, but is mentioned.

Joan is the only one of the female servants who is considered a newcomer, as the others had all worked at Gorston Hall for at least four years at the time of the events of the novel. According to Lydia Lee, Joan is "rather a silly little thing", but that is "the worst that can be said of her".