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Eve Durand

A woman who vanished from Peshawar fifteen years ago and may now walk among the dinner guests under another name, her blonde hair and blue eyes the puzzle at the case's heart.

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Also known as Eve, Eve Durand Flannery

First appearance: What Happened to Eve Durand?

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Present at the bungalow; later escapes via fire-escape.

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Eve Durand is the woman the whole mystery circles, the reason Charlie Chan counsels cherchez la femme and the reason Sir Frederic gathered certain guests to his table. She may be Eileen Enderby with darkened hair, or Gloria Garland with a manufactured name, or someone else entirely, and each candidate carries her own suspicious stains and broken pearls. Her fear of exposure and her hold over men like Beetham and Durand make her the still center of a story about old sins catching up in a San Francisco drawing room.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Behind That Curtain
Present at the bungalow; later escapes via fire-escape.
What Happened to Eve Durand?
The subject of Sir Frederic's recounted mystery; she disappeared during a game of hide-and-seek in Peshawar fifteen years ago.
Old Friends Meet Again
Escapes from the Kirk Building via fire-escape, eluding police surveillance.
XVIII: Flannery's Big Scene
The woman presented as Eve Durand; her arrival fails to confirm Flannery's theory.
XX: The Truth Arrives
Identified as Grace Lane; confronts her husband Eric.
XXI: What Happened to Eve Durand
Confesses her entire past: marriage to Eric Durand, discovery of his murder of Hilary Galt, escape with Colonel Beetham, life under aliases, and pursuit by Sir Frederic Bruce.
Hawaii Bound
Grieves after Durand's suicide; is comforted by June Morrow and leaves the bungalow.

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