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The Charing Cross Mystery · Character

Malter

A minor character with a brief appearance.

minor

First appearance: i the last train east

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Character Web

4 connections

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MWMrs. WhittinghamMMMr. MatherfieldMHMr. HetherwickRHRhona HannafordMAMalter

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended Minor Cast
  • Central Mystery Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

SetupAftermathClimax
  • 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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