In the novel Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Aunt Carrie was an aunt of Badger Beadon. Badger thought of her as a kind aunt, a great sport. Once a neighbour had been mean to her about her cats and Badger had broken his window in response. The grateful Aunt Carrie thereafter sent him five pounds every Christmas. Near the time of the events in the book, Aunt Carrie had died and she left Badger a garage with space for six cars, and three rooms above it. Badger used it to start Beadon's Car Emporium, a business renting out and selling secondhand cars. Badger