The Charing Cross Mystery · Character
Major Penteney
A bronzed, retired military man who represents Lady Riversreade's Home in London and is widely believed to be in love with her.
supporting
Also known as Penteney
First appearance: i the last train east
As a supporting figure in The Charing Cross Mystery, Major Penteney is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Arranges a private meeting with Dr.
Major Penteney moves easily between Riversreade Court and town, handling the Home's affairs and arriving at Lady Riversreade's side whenever she comes up from Surrey. Rhona Hannaford reads his devotion plainly, and Hetherwick sizes him up at Victoria as half of a well-matched couple. His steady, respectable presence lends the Riversreade establishment its surface of order, which makes the strange visitors and unexplained absences around it all the more unsettling.
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Character Web
18 connectionsA slice of how Major Penteney sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.
Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Central Mystery Figures
- Protagonist
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because Matherfield’s exclamation—“Then who on earth is that woman that I followed…
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Major Penteney appears across 6 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Is It Blackmail?
- XV: Revelations
- XVI: Still More
- The Torn Labels
- XIX: The London Road
- XX: Converging Tracks
Chapter companion notes
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See Major Penteney in i the last train east