Meet the Characters in The Twisted Curtain
JACK PURCELL
A world-famous composer and conductor who has collected and discarded lovers around the world. He freezes to death on the steps of his Beacon Hill home.
SUSANNAH MENOTTI
Jack’s sister, a gifted teacher who counsels performers fighting stage fright. Divorced and facing a debilitating disease, she refuses to believe her brother’s death was an accident.
CARLOTTA PURCELL
Jack’s beautiful, cossetted wife assumed life would be perfect when she married the young conductor, her very own Prince Charming.
NELLA DUVAL
An acclaimed Black cellist who has performed with Jack and recently become his lover. They share a secret life and the hypnotic joy of making music together.
HARRY PURCELL
Jack and Carlotta’s talkative, Lego-loving four-year-old son. He heard the doorbell ring in the moments before his father died.
DETECTIVE MARK RAMOS
The senior detective assigned to investigate Jack’s death. The death appears to be a tragic accident, but Detective Ramos is a man who doesn’t like loose ends.
MYRA HADLEY
Jack’s secretary who has kept his secrets and lied to his
wife about his whereabouts.