Is it the old lawyer, Mr. Treves, in "Towards zero"? he fits everything except "Several recurring characters" - inspector Battle appears, and Dr. Lazenby who is mentioned in "Final Curtain" but that's all.
It is a man. And - erm... I'm not exactly sure whether he was the first victim... It wasn't made very clear. I could tell you that he died abroad to make up for the absence of that answer.
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Is one of the recurring characters inspector Battle?
Is one of the Recurring Characters a Poiliceman?
You didn't answer when I asked if a Lord was in the Book, Anyway was he run over?
Is this victim the first victim of the book?
Nigel Chapman's Father, I can't remember his name.