# Madame Velasquez — Murder by the Clock character guide

> Madame Velasquez in Murder by the Clock by Rufus King.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Velasquez

**First appearance:** 0011-xii-12-30-a-m-madame-velasquez-stirs-up-muck

## Snapshot

A wigged, enamel-faced blackmailer who bled Marge Myles of every dollar by claiming to know who killed Harry Myles.

## Who they are

Madame Velasquez receives Lieutenant Valcour with gritty contempt and a grievance: Marge has left her 'in the ditch,' and she means to learn her a lesson. She either knows Marge killed Harry Myles or has convinced Marge she does, and either way she has extracted money for the silence — a sweet little bunch of filth, Valcour decides. When he glimpses her alone, wig off and corn-gray hair exposed, muttering 'he didn't know' to a mirror, the blackmailer becomes something lonelier and more dangerous: a woman who may be the only person alive who understands the crime.

## Relationships

### [Lieutenant Valcour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/lieutenant_valcour)

_professional_

Valcour interviews Madame Velasquez, a possible witness or suspect with a mysterious background.

### [Marge Myles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/marge_myles)

_social_

Madame Velasquez and Marge Myles share a social acquaintance, possibly through the household or neighborhood.

### [Mrs. Endicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/mrs_endicott)

_rivalry_

Madame Velasquez and Mrs. Endicott are in a tense, competitive relationship, possibly over secrets or influence.

### [Lieutenant Valcour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/lieutenant_valcour)

_professional_

Valcour interviews Madame Velasquez, a possible witness or suspect with a mysterious background.

### [Lieutenant Valcour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/lieutenant_valcour)

_professional_

Valcour interviews Madame Velasquez, a possible witness or suspect with a mysterious background.

### [Marge Myles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/marge_myles)

_social_

Madame Velasquez and Marge Myles share a social acquaintance, possibly through the household or neighborhood.

### [Mrs. Endicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/mrs_endicott)

_rivalry_

Madame Velasquez and Mrs. Endicott are in a tense, competitive relationship, possibly over secrets or influence.

### [Mrs. Endicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/mrs_endicott)

_rivalry_

Madame Velasquez and Mrs. Endicott are in a tense, competitive relationship, possibly over secrets or influence.

### [Marge Myles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/characters/marge_myles)

_social_

Madame Velasquez and Marge Myles share a social acquaintance, possibly through the household or neighborhood.

## In the story

### [XII: 12:30 a.m.—Madame Velasquez Stirs Up Muck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/chapters/xii-12-30-a-m-madame-velasquez-stirs-up-muck)

Marge's mother, reveals Marge's note and her own suspicions, and is later seen muttering to herself, indicating her manipulative nature.

### [XXV: 5:01 a.m.—Lunatic Vistas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_by_the_clock_se/chapters/xxv-5-01-a-m-lunatic-vistas)

Arrives at the scene, claiming Marge is dead and that Endicott disposed of the body. She reveals her blackmail scheme and is arrested as a material witness.

## Links

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