# Mr. Matherfield — The Charing Cross Mystery character guide > Mr. Matherfield in The Charing Cross Mystery by J. S. Fletcher. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Matherfield **First appearance:** 0000-i-the-last-train-east ## Snapshot A police inspector whose weary realism about hunting one man among seven million sharpens every theory Hetherwick brings him. ## Who they are Matherfield works the case from the official side, trading theories with Hetherwick over late-night walks and quiet meals while the city's clocks strike around them. He is neither credulous nor dismissive; he names murder when he sees it, but he knows how easily a suspect dissolves into London's crowds. His cautious, methodical pressure on the evidence keeps the amateur enthusiasm of his partner tethered to what can actually be proved. ## In the story ### [The Last Train East](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/i-the-last-train-east) Police inspector who investigates Hannaford's death and questions Hetherwick. ### [Whose Portrait Is This?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ii-whose-portrait-is-this) Leads the investigation, informs Rhona of her grandfather's death, later reveals the postmortem confirmed poisoning. ### [III: The Potential Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/iii-the-potential-fortune) Leads the investigation, questions Rhona and Mrs. Keeley, and notes the missing sealed envelope. ### [VIII: Fligwood’s Rents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/viii-fligwood-s-rents) Leads the investigation, forces open Granett's box, and discovers key evidence including letters and a five-pound note. ### [IX: The Medicine Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ix-the-medicine-bottle) Discovers the medicine bottle clue and traces a five-pound note to Vivian's night club. ### [X: The Mysterious Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/x-the-mysterious-visitor) Police investigator working on the poison case; discusses the five-pound note and medicine bottle with Hetherwick. ### [XI: Lady Riversreade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xi-lady-riversreade) Insists on following Lady Riversreade to St. Mary's Mansions and maintains a vigil through the night. ### [Alias Madame Listorelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xii-alias-madame-listorelle) Matherfield pursues Lady Riversreade alone after spotting her from the window. ### [XIII: Who Was She?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-who-was-she) Exhausted and disappointed after losing track of Lady Riversreade in Southampton; he shares his detailed account of the pursuit with Hetherwick. ### [Is It Blackmail?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-is-it-blackmail) Perplexed after following a woman he believed to be Lady Riversreade to Southampton, only to learn she was at Riversreade Court. ### [XV: Revelations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xv-revelations) Police representative; sees the reward advertisement and joins Hetherwick in confronting the solicitors. ### [XVI: Still More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-still-more) Reacting with surprise to the twin sister revelation; follows Blenkinsop's detailed explanation of the case. ### [The Torn Labels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-the-torn-labels) Leads the investigation; deduces Baseverie may have doubled back and identifies Ambrose as the mystery man from Victoria. ### [XVIII: The Telegram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-telegram) Leads the investigation, discovers the telegram, interviews the caretaker, and obtains medical records of Ambrose and Baseverie. ### [XX: Converging Tracks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xx-converging-tracks) Receives Hetherwick and Penteney, shares news of a lead on Ambrose from the Green Archer landlord, and discusses Lord Morradale's theory about the kidnapping. ### [The Highly-Respectable Solicitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxii-the-highly-respectable-solicitor) Leads the police operation, devises the stakeout plan at the Safe Deposit, and identifies Garrowell as the solicitor retrieving the box. ### [The Landlady of Little Smith Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxiii-the-landlady-of-little-smith-street) Leads the investigation to Garrowell's office and decides to intercept the jewel box in Southampton. ### [Waterloo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvi-waterloo) Sends a wire from Southampton asking to be met at Waterloo at eight-twenty; expected to be on the train with Baseverie. ### [The Assurance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvii-the-assurance) Summons Hetherwick and Rhona to his office, introduces the chemists Culthwaite and Houseover, and reveals the discovery of the formula. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/characters/matherfield - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/characters