# Derek Fordingbridge — Mystery at Lynden Sands character guide

> Derek Fordingbridge in Mystery at Lynden Sands by J. J. Connington.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Derek, the real Derek Fordingbridge

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-death-at-foxhills

## Who they are

A missing Fordingbridge brother, presumed dead or disguised.

## Relationships

### [Paul Fordingbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/characters/paul_fordingbridge)

_family_

Derek and Paul Fordingbridge are brothers, with Derek being the more troubled and secretive sibling.

### [Paul Fordingbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/characters/paul_fordingbridge)

_family_

Derek and Paul Fordingbridge are brothers, with Derek being the more troubled and secretive sibling.

## In the story

### [I: The Death at Foxhills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/chapters/i-the-death-at-foxhills)

Missing since the war; believed by Miss Fordingbridge to be alive and disfigured.

### [VIII: The Colt Automatic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/chapters/viii-the-colt-automatic)

Questioned about Staveley and his own movements; reveals Staveley was a relation and that a handyman named Jack was fired and left.

### [IX: The Second Cartridge-Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/chapters/ix-the-second-cartridge-case)

Mentioned as Paul Fordingbridge's nephew who was captured and escaped multiple times during the war, and whose current identity is doubted by his uncle.

### [XV: The Method of Coercion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mystery_at_lynden_sands_se/chapters/xv-the-method-of-coercion)

Disfigured man claiming to be Cressida's cousin; orchestrates the forced marriage plot.

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