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Inspector French’s Greatest Case · Character

Mrs. Hope

Woman who kept a lodging house.

minor

First appearance: xiii mrs french takes a notion

Mrs. Hope shows up with force in XII: The Elusive Mrs. X. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Chief stewardess on the Olympic who helps identify the women in the photographs.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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