# The Borough Treasurer — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Borough Treasurer by J. S. Fletcher.

- [I: Blackmail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/i-blackmail.md): In the first chapter, the reader is introduced to the prosperous building firm of Mallalieu and Cotherstone in Highmarket. The two partners are inspecting new carts when a visitor, Mr. Kitely, arrives. Kitely, an ex-dete
- [II: Crime—and Success](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/ii-crime-and-success.md): Cotherstone is left reeling after Kitely's revelation that he recognizes him and Mallalieu as men convicted of embezzlement thirty years ago. He reflects on their past crime, their successful reinvention in Highmarket, a
- [III: Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/iii-murder.md): Cotherstone, preoccupied with the blackmail threat from Kitely, reluctantly hosts a supper for his daughter Lettie, her fiancé Windle Bent, and Bent's friend, the young barrister Brereton. During the evening, their neigh
- [IV: The Pine Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/iv-the-pine-wood.md): News of Kitely's murder reaches Cotherstone's home during a social gathering. Cotherstone reacts with visible shock and distress. Garthwaite leads Cotherstone, Bent, and Brereton to the body in the pine wood, where signs
- [The Cord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/v-the-cord.md): Brereton observes Cotherstone's oddly elated reaction to Kitely's murder. The police discover that Kitely was strangled with a pig-killer's cord, leading suspicion toward John Harborough. The group visits Harborough's co

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- [VI: The Mayor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/vi-the-mayor.md)
- [VII: Night Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/vii-night-work.md)
- [VIII: Retained for the Defence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/viii-retained-for-the-defence.md)
- [Antecedents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/ix-antecedents.md)
- [X: The Hole in the Thatch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/x-the-hole-in-the-thatch.md)
- [XI: Christopher Pett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xi-christopher-pett.md)
- [XII: Parental Anxiety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xii-parental-anxiety.md)
- [XIII: The Anonymous Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xiii-the-anonymous-letter.md)
- [XIV: The Sheet of Figures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xiv-the-sheet-of-figures.md)
- [XV: One Thing Leads to Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xv-one-thing-leads-to-another.md)
- [XVI: The Lonely Moor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xvi-the-lonely-moor.md)
- [XVII: The Medical Opinion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xvii-the-medical-opinion.md)
- [The Scrap Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xviii-the-scrap-book.md)
- [XIX: A Tall Man in Grey Clothes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xix-a-tall-man-in-grey-clothes.md)
- [At Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xx-at-bay.md)
- [The Interrupted Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxi-the-interrupted-flight.md)
- [XXII: The Hand in the Darkness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxii-the-hand-in-the-darkness.md)
- [Comfortable Captivity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxiii-comfortable-captivity.md)
- [Strict Business Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxiv-strict-business-lines.md)
- [No Further Evidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxv-no-further-evidence.md)
- [The Virtues of Suspicion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxvi-the-virtues-of-suspicion.md)
- [Mr. Wraythwaite of Wraye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-wraythwaite-of-wraye.md)
- [XXVIII: Pages from the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxviii-pages-from-the-past.md)
- [Without Thought of Consequence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxix-without-thought-of-consequence.md)
- [XXX: Cotherstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxx-cotherstone.md)
- [The Barrister's Fee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxxi-the-barrister-s-fee.md)

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