Joseph Aarons is a theatrical agent. He is a friend of Hercule Poirot. According to Poirot, he knows all there is to be known about the dramatic profession.
In the short story Double Sin, Mr Aarons writes to Poirot, asking Poirot to come to Charlock Bay and see him. Poirot decides to go because Mr Aarons is "a faithful friend", and has assisted him in the past.
Poirot asks Mr Aarons to tell him about Mr J. Baker Wood, who is staying at the same hotel as him.
Poirot is able to settle Mr Aarons' problem satisfactorily, and he and Hastings have lunch with Mr Aarons, before returning to Ebermouth.
In the novel The Mystery of the Blue Train, Poirot invites Mr Aarons to a meal. Mr Aarons eats a Porterhouse steak and apple tart. He says that he prefers a Porterhouse steak or steak and kidney pudding to "French fallals and whatnots".
Poirot asks Mr Aarons about an actress named Kitty Kidd. Mr Aarons says that she was known for her male impersonations, but was also a very good character actress. However, three years before, she had stopped appearing. He believed she had met a man in Paris who was a Marquis.
When the subject turns to dancing, Mr Aarons says that he never saw anything in the Russian ballet, and it was too highbrow for him, but people liked it. He tells Poirot that he has seen Mirelle dance, but has never had much to do with her. He has heard that she is a terror to deal with, which he attributes to temperament.
Mr Aarons is married, and his wife was a dancer before their marriage. However, he is grateful that she never had any temperament. He believes that a woman should be "calm and sympathetic, and a good cook".
Mr Aarons also tells Poirot that since Derek Kettering's arrest, Mirelle has begun a relationship with the ex-Prime Minister of Greece. He has heard that she is wearing a ruby the size of a pigeon's egg, and is going around saying that it is called "Heart of Fire", and has a curse on it. However, he is of the opinion that it may be coloured glass, because there is "no end to the lies women will tell about their jewellery".
Appearances[]
- The Murder on the Links (1923)
- Double Sin (1923)
- The Big Four (1927)
- The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)