# Room 13 — Character guide

> Key figures in Room 13 by Edgar Wallace.

- [Johnny Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/johnny_gray.md): Johnny Gray moves through the story as a man with nothing left to lose and everything to settle, using his prison-earned instincts to corner servants, read rooms, and squeeze information from people who'd rather stay sil
- [Jeff Legge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/jeff_legge.md): Jeff Legge sits at the center of a criminal enterprise built on forged currency and carefully managed appearances, shielded by his father Emanuel and a network of illiterate but loyal assistants. He married Lila Sain, on
- [Emanuel Legge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/emanuel_legge.md): Emanuel Legge hosts the dinner in Room 13 with spurious joviality, seating his guests where he wants them and watching for the first sign of trouble. His visit to Mr. Reeder — where he is dismissed like a tiresome caller
- [Peter Kane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/peter_kane.md): Peter Kane enters Room 13 knowing exactly what kind of trap it might be, ordering the same wine as Emanuel to avoid being drugged and watching every move his hosts make. His curt refusal to be drawn into Emanuel's remini
- [Mr. Reeder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/mr_reeder.md): Mr. Reeder moves through the story like a ghost in an ill-fitting suit, appearing where he is least expected and remembering names that people would rather he forgot. His quiet remark to Stevens about a name change eight
- [Marney Kane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/marney_kane.md): Marney Kane exists in the story first as an absence — the daughter Peter never mentions, the girl who stopped writing, the reason Johnny Gray was not given what he wanted. Peter's adoration of her is almost a mania, and 
- [Craig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/craig.md): Craig moves between crime scenes and telephoned reports with a detective's unhurried thoroughness, enlisting local police and turning up at Peter Kane's door in the small hours to break the news that Jeff has been shot. 
- [Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/parker.md): Parker meets his master off the train with the dog Spot and a hired cab, greeting a man fresh from a convict cell as though he had merely been abroad. His precise manners conceal real feeling — he hesitates to ride home 
- [Stevens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/stevens.md): Stevens is the gatekeeper of the Highlow's discreet and dubious traffic, checking members in and out and noticing far more than he admits. Craig corners him over a forged entry in the book, and Stevens, sweating under th
- [Lila Sain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/lila_sain.md): Lila has spent months planted in Horsham to watch Marney Kane and intercept her letters, a role she took for money and for Jeff. When she storms the Highlow demanding to see Emanuel, her wildness and her fear read plainl
- [Fenner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/fenner.md): An old acquaintance with knowledge of past events.
- [Barney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/barney.md): Barney works the margins of Peter's household, eavesdropping at keyholes and reporting what he has read — including Marney's letter to Johnny — with unapologetic relish. His running defiance of Peter's threats gives the 
- [Bill Holliss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/bill_holliss.md): A minor character who interacts with the main cast.
- [Pietro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/pietro.md): A foreign character with a brief but notable role.
- [Fernando](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/fernando.md): A foreign character with a brief appearance.

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