# Kate Westhanger — Kate Plus 10 character guide > Kate Westhanger in Kate Plus 10 by Edgar Wallace. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Kate, Katharine Westhanger, the real Kate, Poor Kate **First appearance:** 0000-i-eighty-three-pearls-on-a-string ## Snapshot A woman who wanted excitement rather than money, Kate Westhanger crossed Michael Pretherston's path over a stolen despatch bag and never entirely left it. ## Who they are Michael first encountered her during a cross-channel case involving a King's messenger's bag, and later when the Muranic's strongroom was forced and twenty-five packets of diamonds vanished at sea. He judged her hastily at first, then revised his estimate without ever changing it. She is the criminal intelligence that gives the investigation its shape, and the personal history that gives it its sting. ## Relationships ### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston) _romantic_ Kate is deeply involved with Michael, likely as a lover or romantic interest, given their high interaction count and emotional intensity. ### [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_colonel) _professional_ Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household. ### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl) _family_ Kate is a maternal figure or older sister to The Girl, caring for her wellbeing. ### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston) _romantic_ Kate is deeply involved with Michael, likely as a lover or romantic interest, given their high interaction count and emotional intensity. ### [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_colonel) _professional_ Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household. ### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl) _family_ Kate is a maternal figure or older sister to The Girl, caring for her wellbeing. ### [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_colonel) _professional_ Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household. ### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston) _romantic_ Kate is deeply involved with Michael, likely as a lover or romantic interest, given their high interaction count and emotional intensity. ### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl) _family_ Kate is a maternal figure or older sister to The Girl, caring for her wellbeing. ## In the story ### [I: Eighty-Three Pearls on a String](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/i-eighty-three-pearls-on-a-string) Serving as secretary to Lady Moya under the alias Miss Tenby; confronted by Michael about her criminal past; defiantly leaves the household. ### [II: Mike Said Nothing—There Was Nothing to Say](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/ii-mike-said-nothing-there-was-nothing-to-say) Referred to as Miss Tenby; revealed to be a master criminal and the brains of the Crime Street gang. ### [IV: “The Ideal Criminal Is a Strategist”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/iv-the-ideal-criminal-is-a-strategist) Reflects on her own criminal philosophy, questions her motives, and asserts her role as the gang's strategist. ### [VI: Kate Came to the Flat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/vi-kate-came-to-the-flat) Posing as Miss Vera Flemming, she survives an assassination attempt, visits Michael's flat, and discusses her criminal ambitions and disdain for marriage. ### [IX: The Shareholders and an Interruption](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/ix-the-shareholders-and-an-interruption) Interrupts the Colonel's outburst, later presides over the gang's shareholders' meeting, distributes detailed crime plans, and orders all papers burned. ### [X: Sir Ralph Lost a Princess and Found a Policeman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/x-sir-ralph-lost-a-princess-and-found-a-policeman) Identified by Michael as the woman posing as the Princess Bacheffski, based on Sir Ralph's description of a mole beneath the right ear. ### [XI: Lady Moya Was Curiously Unlike Herself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xi-lady-moya-was-curiously-unlike-herself) Hints at a big criminal plan involving Flanborough and Sapson, whom she has sent out of London. ### [XIV: The Remarkable Train That Did Strange Tricks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xiv-the-remarkable-train-that-did-strange-tricks) Revealed as the mastermind behind the gold train theft, using aliases 'Princess Bacheffski' and 'Miss Tenby'. ### [XVI: On the Unmorality of Professional Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xvi-on-the-unmorality-of-professional-thieves) Defends her criminal life as an art and truth, refuses to settle down, and argues with the gang about their plans. ### [XVII: The Independent Strategy of Señor Gregori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xvii-the-independent-strategy-of-se-or-gregori) Horrified by the violence against Michael, she feigns acceptance of the plan to kill him while secretly planning to intervene. ### [XVIII: The Colonel Was a Gentleman at the Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xviii-the-colonel-was-a-gentleman-at-the-last) Betrays the gang by redirecting the gold trucks to Lord Flanborough's; refuses Gregori's marriage proposal; confesses her betrayal to save Michael. ### [XIX: Michael Developed a Fondness for the Criminal Classes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xix-michael-developed-a-fondness-for-the-criminal-classes) Tends to Michael, confesses her love, and reveals the gang's methods; later escapes to France as Kate Pretherston. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/kate_westhanger - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters