# Mr. Style — The Box Office Murders character guide

> Mr. Style in The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Style, this Style

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-purple-sickle

## Snapshot

The shadowy figure who holds frightened girls in his power over money, and whose name the police attach to kidnapping, counterfeit coin, and worse.

## Who they are

Style never quite steps into the light in the early chapters, but his presence is felt in every frightened confession: Eileen Tucker said a man had her in his power, and Molly Moran knows it was Style who struck her down and bundled her into a car. He works through intermediaries like Welland and Gwen, keeping his own hands seemingly clean while the bodies accumulate. The dread he inspires—of drowning, of being made away with once he has what he wants—gives the investigation its urgency.

## Relationships

### [Molly Moran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/molly_moran)

_professional_

Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting.

### [Curtice Welland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/curtice_welland)

_rivalry_

Curtice Welland and Mr. Style are rivals or antagonists, possibly involved in a conflict related to the murders or personal grudges.

### [Molly Moran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/molly_moran)

_professional_

Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting.

### [Molly Moran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/molly_moran)

_professional_

Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting.

## In the story

### [II: French Makes an Assignation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/ii-french-makes-an-assignation)

Style is the suspect Thurza was to meet; he had a scar on his wrist and questioned her about Eileen Tucker.

### [XII: The Car’s Freight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xii-the-car-s-freight)

The bookmaker who threatened Molly Moran with debt collection; identified by a scar on his wrist and confirmed as the same man involved with Thurza Darke.

### [The Property Adjoining](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xiv-the-property-adjoining)

Running the silversmiths under the name Welland; disappeared after sending the office boy on an errand.

### [XVI: In the Net](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-net)

Style is the primary antagonist in this chapter; he interrogates, threatens, and orchestrates Molly's kidnapping.

### [XVII: The Shadows Loom Nearer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xvii-the-shadows-loom-nearer)

Co-captor; participates in binding and transporting Molly.

### [XVIII: When Greek Meets Greek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xviii-when-greek-meets-greek)

Captured by French on the shore after signaling the launch; he is bound and gagged.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xix-conclusion)

Style, originally named Webster, was coerced into the gang by Welland. He was responsible for obtaining machinery, buying silver, and shadowing the box office girls. He receives a life sentence.

## Links

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