Torquil, known as Torks, is married to Fizzy, one of Jasper Chiswell’s four children. The couple live in Northumberland and have three children, who they have nicknamed Pringle, Flopsy and Pong. Torks is fair haired with light blue eyes and a “pink face that looked as though it never needed a razor.”

Strike and Robin meet Torks when they interview the Chiswell family at Chiswell house.