# The Charing Cross Mystery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Charing Cross Mystery by J. S. Fletcher.

- [The Last Train East](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/i-the-last-train-east.md): Hetherwick, a young barrister, catches the last eastbound train at Sloane Square and observes two men who board at St. James's Park. The elder, a robust, military-looking man, and his sallow, shabby companion discuss rec
- [Whose Portrait Is This?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ii-whose-portrait-is-this.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield visit the hotel where Robert Hannaford had been staying and meet his granddaughter Rhona. They inform her of Hannaford's sudden death. Hetherwick recalls seeing Rhona earlier with Kenthwaite. L
- [III: The Potential Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/iii-the-potential-fortune.md): The inquest into Hannaford's death reveals new evidence from a witness, Martin Charles Ledbitter, who saw Hannaford meet a mysterious man in blue spectacles and a muffler at Victoria Station. The coroner adjourns the pro
- [IV: The Diamond Necklace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/iv-the-diamond-necklace.md): Hetherwick becomes increasingly obsessed with the photograph of a woman found in Hannaford's pocketbook, convinced it holds the key to the murder. He visits Rhona Hannaford to trace the newspaper from which the picture w
- [The Police Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/v-the-police-return.md): Hetherwick learns the full story of how Mrs. Whittingham tricked Superintendent Hannaford and escaped with a diamond necklace. Hollis and Gandham confirm her identity from a photograph, and Malladale reveals that he was 

> 23 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_charing_cross_mystery_se_1023kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Samples of Ink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/vi-samples-of-ink.md)
- [Black Velvet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/vii-black-velvet.md)
- [VIII: Fligwood’s Rents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/viii-fligwood-s-rents.md)
- [IX: The Medicine Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ix-the-medicine-bottle.md)
- [X: The Mysterious Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/x-the-mysterious-visitor.md)
- [XI: Lady Riversreade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xi-lady-riversreade.md)
- [Alias Madame Listorelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xii-alias-madame-listorelle.md)
- [XIII: Who Was She?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-who-was-she.md)
- [Is It Blackmail?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-is-it-blackmail.md)
- [XV: Revelations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xv-revelations.md)
- [XVI: Still More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-still-more.md)
- [The Torn Labels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-the-torn-labels.md)
- [XVIII: The Telegram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-telegram.md)
- [XIX: The London Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xix-the-london-road.md)
- [XX: Converging Tracks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xx-converging-tracks.md)
- [The Order in Writing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxi-the-order-in-writing.md)
- [The Highly-Respectable Solicitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxii-the-highly-respectable-solicitor.md)
- [The Landlady of Little Smith Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxiii-the-landlady-of-little-smith-street.md)
- [The House in the Yard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxiv-the-house-in-the-yard.md)
- [XXV: Dead!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxv-dead.md)
- [Waterloo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvi-waterloo.md)
- [The Assurance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvii-the-assurance.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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