Lucy Mountfitchet

Lucy Mountfitchet (née Livedon, also known as Lucy Alston and Helen Vitellius) is a British policewoman and undercover agent. She is married to Felix Mountfitchet. She first appears in Arsenic for Tea, and is also a character in First Class Murder and Death in the Spotlight. She makes brief appearances near the end of Mistletoe and Murder and Death Sets Sail.

## Childhood

Lucy does not have a very good relationship with her parents due to them not being very good parents. She also has a school friend called Ethel Baker.

## Storylines

### Arsenic for Tea

Lucy is first introduced in this book as Miss Lucy Alston. She is undercover at Fallingford Estate, acting as Daisy and Hazel's governess and George Wells' secretary. She was there to keep an eye on Denis Curtis, a 'notorious thief' whose method is to start affairs with ladies of large country houses, stay at their house for a while, and shortly leave with several priceless objects.

Hazel describes Miss Alston to be extremely interesting in private, but extremely dull in public. She says she acts completely ordinary around grown-ups and wears frumpy, square clothes, but she is a most fascinating governess. After finding out that she is actually a spy of the Metropolitan Police, Hazel switches from worrying that she is the murderer to admiring and looking up to her.

### First Class Murder

Reappearing in the third book of the series, Lucy is undercover again, this time posing as Mrs Helen Vitellius, the wife of a copper magnate, who is travelling around Europe. She is there to find a spy who has been passing information to the Germans. She is described as the complete opposite of how she looked when she was dressed as Miss Alston: pretty, fashionable, and cheerful. When she sees Daisy and Hazel on the train, she demands they stay quiet about her identity and not get involved in finding the spy. While they are reluctant at first, after the murder they become more concerned with solving that, so Lucy can focus on finding the spy. However, Lucy does not want them to detect the murder either, and tried to stop them a few times, but only succeeds in delaying their investigation a bit.

### Mistletoe and Murder

Lucy makes a brief appearance at the end of this book to announce her engagement to Felix Mountfitchet, give Daisy and Hazel Christmas gifts, and ask them to be bridesmaids at her and Felix's wedding.

### Death in the Spotlight

Lucy is now living in a flat in London with Felix and their maid, Bridget O'Connell. In this book, Daisy and Hazel are temporarily staying in their flat, but are usually at the Rue Theatre to rehearse for the show and investigate the murder. At first, Lucy and Felix absolutely refuse to let Daisy and Hazel detect but cannot do much as they are usually out of the house for work. Eventually, Lucy realises she can't stop them and thinks it better to let them detect as long as they are doing it safely. She convinces Felix to let them investigate as well, which the girls are immensely grateful for.

### Death Sets Sail

After Daisy fakes her death, everyone returns to Fallingford for the funeral and to mourn, but Lucy and Felix cannot be there due to work, which upsets Hazel and angers Bertie. It is later revealed that Daisy is still alive, and that after regaining consciousness in Egypt she had contacted Felix immediately, so it can be presumed that the 'work' Felix and Lucy missed Daisy's funeral for was actually getting Daisy safely back to England.