# Roger Shandon — Murder in the Maze character guide

> Roger Shandon in Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Roger, Mr. Shandon, Mr. Roger Shandon

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-hackleton-case

## Snapshot

The Shandon brother whose restless energy and private troubles make him both a sympathetic figure and an early victim of the maze's lethal trap.

## Who they are

Roger belongs to the Shandon family circle gathered at Whistlefield, where old grievances and new tensions simmer beneath the surface of country-house civility. He listens to his brothers' sparring with a watchful, unreadable stillness, and his own past carries shadows the family prefers not to discuss. When violence strikes the maze, Roger is among the first struck down, and the scattered darts beside his loophole become the puzzle's grim starting point.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Stenness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/mr_stenness)

_professional_

Mr. Stenness and Roger Shandon have a formal, business-like relationship, possibly as employer and employee.

### [Ernest Shandon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/ernest_shandon)

_family_

Ernest and Roger Shandon are brothers, but their relationship is fraught with tension and suspicion.

### [Sir Clinton Driffield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/sir_clinton_driffield)

_professional_

Roger Shandon cooperates with Sir Clinton as a witness and local figure in the murder investigation.

### [Sir Clinton Driffield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/sir_clinton_driffield)

_professional_

Roger Shandon cooperates with Sir Clinton as a witness and local figure in the murder investigation.

### [Mr. Stenness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/mr_stenness)

_professional_

Mr. Stenness and Roger Shandon have a formal, business-like relationship, possibly as employer and employee.

### [Ernest Shandon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/ernest_shandon)

_family_

Ernest and Roger Shandon are brothers, but their relationship is fraught with tension and suspicion.

### [Mr. Stenness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/mr_stenness)

_professional_

Mr. Stenness and Roger Shandon have a formal, business-like relationship, possibly as employer and employee.

### [Ernest Shandon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/characters/ernest_shandon)

_family_

Ernest and Roger Shandon are brothers, but their relationship is fraught with tension and suspicion.

## In the story

### [I: The Hackleton Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/i-the-hackleton-case)

Neville's twin brother, owner of Whistlefield, a successful but mysterious businessman.

### [The Affair in the Maze](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/ii-the-affair-in-the-maze)

Found dead in the center of the maze, apparently battered to death.

### [III: The Immediate Results](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/iii-the-immediate-results)

His body lies in Helen's Bower; Skene is guarding it and discovers darts and a tin box lid nearby.

### [VI: The Toxicologist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/vi-the-toxicologist)

Mentioned as having had a row with Ardsley over fishing and as the original owner of the curare specimen.

### [XI: The Squire's Theories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/xi-the-squire-s-theories)

Mentioned as a victim in the mistaken identity theory and as someone who discouraged strangers on his property.

### [XV: The Secretary's Affairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/xv-the-secretary-s-affairs)

Revealed as the man who swindled Stenness out of his capital and as the victim of Stenness's forgery.

### [XVIII: The Truth of the Matter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_maze_se/chapters/xviii-the-truth-of-the-matter)

Mentioned as the first victim, killed by mistake in the Maze.

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