# James Granett — The Charing Cross Mystery character guide

> James Granett in The Charing Cross Mystery by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Granett, Mr. James Granett

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-last-train-east

## Snapshot

An old acquaintance of Hannaford who shared his last hours, slipped away at Charing Cross, and died before he could be questioned.

## Who they are

Granett met Hannaford by chance after ten o'clock and stayed with him through the long, unexplained hours before they boarded Hetherwick's compartment at St. James's Park. When the train reached Charing Cross, Granett ran off toward Ambrose's flat in John Street and never came back. His death in his sleep, from a bottle of whisky Ambrose had pressed on him, turns a missing witness into a second corpse and gives Mapperley his theory of a double poisoning.

## In the story

### [VIII: Fligwood’s Rents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/viii-fligwood-s-rents)

Found dead in his room; confirmed as the mystery man who met Hannaford at Victoria and traveled with him.

### [IX: The Medicine Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ix-the-medicine-bottle)

Confirmed poisoned; his death is linked to Hannaford's.

### [The Torn Labels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-the-torn-labels)

Mentioned as having exclaimed about a nearby doctor at Charing Cross; his words are recalled by Hetherwick.

### [XVIII: The Telegram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-telegram)

The poison bottle supplied to Ambrose was found in Granett's room.

### [The Assurance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvii-the-assurance)

Mentioned as a victim who paid the penalty for being with Hannaford.

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