Mrs Palk

In the novel The Body in the Library, Mrs Palk is the wife of Police Constable Palk in St. Mary Mead. She is frying bacon when her husband receives a telephone call about the body of a young woman being found in the library at Gossington Hall.

Portrayals
In BBC 1984 adaptation of the novel which formed part of the Miss Marple series, Mrs Palk is played by Anne Rutter.