# Whalley — The Case with Nine Solutions character guide

> Whalley in The Case with Nine Solutions by J. J. Connington.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Whalley, Peter Whalley, the late Mr. Whalley

**First appearance:** 0002-iii-sir-clinton-at-ivy-lodge

## Snapshot

A sharp-eyed opportunist who shadowed a couple to a bungalow and peeked through a curtain gap, hoping to profit from whatever scandal he uncovered.

## Who they are

Whalley is the unseen watcher whose careful, mercenary observations supply the investigation with its most damning testimony. He trails a man and a woman to a bungalow, notes the car's number for future leverage, and peers through a carelessly drawn curtain at exactly the wrong moment. His limited experience leads him to misread what he sees, and that fatal misjudgment makes his statement both indispensable and dangerously unreliable to the men trying to reconstruct the night.

## Relationships

### [Sir Clinton Driffield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_with_nine_solutions_se/characters/sir_clinton_driffield)

_professional_

Whalley may be a subordinate or assistant to Driffield, assisting with investigative tasks.

### [Sir Clinton Driffield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_with_nine_solutions_se/characters/sir_clinton_driffield)

_professional_

Whalley may be a subordinate or assistant to Driffield, assisting with investigative tasks.

### [Sir Clinton Driffield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_with_nine_solutions_se/characters/sir_clinton_driffield)

_professional_

Whalley may be a subordinate or assistant to Driffield, assisting with investigative tasks.

## In the story

### [XIII: The Murder of the Informer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_with_nine_solutions_se/chapters/xiii-the-murder-of-the-informer)

Found murdered in a ditch, strangled with a tourniquet; was a potential witness in the bungalow case.

### [Mr. Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_with_nine_solutions_se/chapters/xvii-mr-justice)

The late Peter Whalley, whose statement to the police provides key evidence about the night of the bungalow murder.

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