Minerva Hadley

Minerva Hadley is the daughter of Kamal and Jasmine Hadley, and older sister of Persephone Hadley.

In Noughts and Crosses she is the only member of the Hadley family to support Sephy in her desire to attend Chivers boarding school; though she is often having arguments with her younger sister, she loves her deeply.

When Sephy falls pregnant by Callum McGregor, Minerva is the one who tells their parents about the pregnancy (despite promising Sephy not to tell) - this infuriates her sister.

In An Eye for an Eye Minerva is visiting Sephy in her flat when Jude McGregor breaks in planning to kill Sephy on Callum's birthday. Minerva is terrified and gets shot in the arm by Jude for irritating him. Sephy calls for an ambulance and Minerva survives.

In Knife Edge Minerva becomes a journalist and writes an article for The Daily Shouter newspaper about the death of Andrew Dorn. She also pesters Meggie McGregor and Sephy for an interview about Jude and his arrest.

In Checkmate Minerva is married to Zuri and they have a son, Taj. By the end of the novel, Minerva is expecting her second child.