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Lord Beltham

A popular English lord whose disappearance Juve treats as a crime before anyone has a body to prove it.

supporting

Also known as Beltham

First appearance: i the genius of crime

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The victim; his body is discovered in a trunk in Gurn's flat.
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Lord Beltham, formerly of the English Embassy in Paris and a veteran of the Transvaal with his courageous wife, has vanished from the social world that knew him at Neuilly-sur-Seine. Juve tells La Capitale that a crime…

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26 connections

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LBLady BelthamPBPresident BonnetMGM. GurnIJInspector JuveMWMr. WoolandLBLord Beltham

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Nobility and Victims
  • Protagonist
  • Investigators and Officials
  • Extended Cast and Servants

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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