The Charing Cross Mystery · Character

Dr. Charles Ambrose

A doctor with a role in the unfolding events.

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Also known as Dr. Ambrose, Ambrose

Dr. Charles Ambrose shows up with force in The Last Train East. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The sallow-faced man who was traveling with Hannaford and fled after his death.

Dr. Charles Ambrose first appears in 0000 i the last train east.

In The Last Train East: The sallow-faced man who was traveling with Hannaford and fled after his death.

Later, in XI: Lady Riversreade: Identified as the mysterious visitor to Riversreade Court, tracked to Vivian's Night Club.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

This is the dramatic climax because Matherfield’s exclamation—“Then who on earth is that woman that I followed…

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The Last Train East
The sallow-faced man who was traveling with Hannaford and fled after his death.
XI: Lady Riversreade
Identified as the mysterious visitor to Riversreade Court, tracked to Vivian's Night Club.
The Torn Labels
Identified by Macpherson as the customer for the tonic; described as tall, dark, and muffled, matching the man who met Hannaford.
XVIII: The Telegram
Identified as the man who met Hannaford at Victoria; his flat is searched and his medical record reveals he was struck off the register.
XX: Converging Tracks
Matherfield has a lead on him from the Green Archer landlord; suspected of involvement in the kidnapping.
The Order in Writing
Implied to be involved in the poisoning plot; his flat in John Street is mentioned as a possible destination for Granett.
The House in the Yard
Identified by the grocer as one of the men using the hidden laboratory.
XXV: Dead!
Found dead in a chair, disguised without beard and moustache, with a packed suitcase and booked passage under the name Charles Andrews.
Waterloo
Mentioned as found dead in Pencove Street, prompting the woman's flight.
The Assurance
Mentioned as a suspect who, along with Baseverie, murdered Hannaford and Granett for the ink formula and blackmail.

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