# Miss Trimble — Piccadilly Jim character guide

> Miss Trimble in Piccadilly Jim by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii-miss-trimble-detective

## Snapshot

A sharp-eyed private detective hired to shadow Jimmy, whose quiet persistence threatens to unravel every disguise he constructs.

## Who they are

Miss Trimble works for Mrs. Pett as a professional snoop, and her unassuming manner hides a methodical, suspicious mind. Where the Pett family schemes with flair, she investigates with patience, making her a low-grade menace that Jimmy must constantly outwit. She matters because her surveillance raises the stakes of his impersonations and forces him to stay one step ahead of exposure.

## In the story

### [XXIII: Stirring Times for the Petts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/piccadilly_jim_se/chapters/xxiii-stirring-times-for-the-petts)

The detective who exposes the kidnapping plot and unmasks the disguised crooks; takes charge of the situation.

### [Sensational Turning of a Worm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/piccadilly_jim_se/chapters/xxiv-sensational-turning-of-a-worm)

The detective hired to guard Ogden; she is frustrated when the kidnapping plot turns out to be a family matter and identifies Bingley Crocker as the suspect.

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