Murder by the Clock · Character

Miss Murrow

A night nurse with literary ambitions and a speculative eye on her patient's visitor, whose glittering hands she cannot stop watching.

supporting

Also known as Nurse Murrow

First appearance: i 8 37 p m spring 3100

As a supporting figure in Murder by the Clock, Miss Murrow is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Nurse on duty, feels a sense of excitement and sinister atmosphere, and notes the stillness of the house.

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Miss Murrow sits the graveyard shift over the revived Endicott, mentally drafting novels and rehearsing the married name 'Mrs. Sanford Worth' while her attention drifts to Mr. Hollander in the chair. She fancies herself a student of life and words — 'glitter,' 'tripe,' ten French phrases — but her real gift is noticing: Hollander's hand slipping from the chair arm, vanishing into his lap, moving almost sneaky. Her idle vigilance makes her the quiet witness whose observations could place a man's hands exactly where they should not have been.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Investigation core witnesses
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Mrs. Endicott
professional · ambivalent
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. How this plays out →
Lieutenant Valcour
professional · positive
Lieutenant Valcour
professional · positive
Mrs. Endicott
professional · ambivalent
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. How this plays out →
Lieutenant Valcour
professional · positive
Mrs. Endicott
professional · ambivalent
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. How this plays out →

Mrs. Endicott
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. Endicott but is wary of her.
Lieutenant Valcour
Valcour interviews Miss Murrow to gather observations about the household and Mrs. Endicott.
Lieutenant Valcour
Valcour interviews Miss Murrow to gather observations about the household and Mrs. Endicott.
Mrs. Endicott
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. Endicott but is wary of her.
Lieutenant Valcour
Valcour interviews Miss Murrow to gather observations about the household and Mrs. Endicott.
Mrs. Endicott
Miss Murrow, likely a companion or nurse, attends to Mrs. Endicott but is wary of her.

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In the story

Miss Murrow appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

X: 12:06 a.m.—The Stillness of a Grave
Nurse on duty, feels a sense of excitement and sinister atmosphere, and notes the stillness of the house.
XIII: 2:01 a.m.—Glittering Eyes
Nurse on duty, observes Hollander's arrival and his unsettling gaze.
XV: 2:13 a.m.—The Thin Steel Blade
The nurse on duty, restless and observant, notices Hollander's strange behavior and Endicott's signs of waking.
XVII: 2:40 a.m.—The Angle of Death’s Path
Nurse who tends to Hollander's wounds and opens the window, which becomes crucial to the angle of the fatal shot.

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