# Susan Dangle — The Cheyne Mystery character guide

> Susan Dangle in The Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Susan, Miss Dangle, Miss Susan Dangle

**First appearance:** 0005-vi-the-house-in-hopefield-avenue

## Snapshot

A parlormaid whose forged references and two months of quiet domestic service hide a role at the very center of the conspiracy.

## Who they are

Susan is planted in the Cheyne household as a servant, and Cheyne realizes only later that she overheard his dinner-table talk of Plymouth and passed it on—she is the channel through which the gang learned his movements and searched the house for Price's letter. Her willingness to endure weeks of domestic drudgery for a document shows how urgently the conspirators want it, and her composure under the role makes her one of the book's most disquieting figures. By the end she is no longer the enemy Cheyne assumed, but a hollowed-out witness to the violence the gold has provoked.

## Relationships

### [Maxwell Cheyne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/maxwell_cheyne)

_family_

Maxwell and Susan appear to be closely related, likely siblings or close family, given their high interaction frequency.

### [Inspector French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/inspector_french)

_professional_

Inspector French engages with Susan Dangle professionally, likely as a witness or suspect in the case.

### [Arnold Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/arnold_price)

_psychological_

Arnold Price may be manipulating or obsessing over Susan Dangle, given the tense dynamic.

### [Joan Merrill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/joan_merrill)

_friendship_

Joan Merrill and Susan Dangle are friends or close companions, likely supporting each other.

### [Maxwell Cheyne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/maxwell_cheyne)

_family_

Maxwell and Susan appear to be closely related, likely siblings or close family, given their high interaction frequency.

### [Maxwell Cheyne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/maxwell_cheyne)

_family_

Maxwell and Susan appear to be closely related, likely siblings or close family, given their high interaction frequency.

### [Inspector French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/inspector_french)

_professional_

Inspector French engages with Susan Dangle professionally, likely as a witness or suspect in the case.

### [Arnold Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/arnold_price)

_psychological_

Arnold Price may be manipulating or obsessing over Susan Dangle, given the tense dynamic.

### [Arnold Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/arnold_price)

_psychological_

Arnold Price may be manipulating or obsessing over Susan Dangle, given the tense dynamic.

### [Joan Merrill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/joan_merrill)

_friendship_

Joan Merrill and Susan Dangle are friends or close companions, likely supporting each other.

### [Joan Merrill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/characters/joan_merrill)

_friendship_

Joan Merrill and Susan Dangle are friends or close companions, likely supporting each other.

## In the story

### [II: Burglary!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/ii-burglary)

The parlormaid who was tied up and gagged by the burglars; she provides a detailed account of the attack.

### [VI: The House in Hopefield Avenue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/vi-the-house-in-hopefield-avenue)

Revealed as the mole who served as a maid at Warren Lodge and provided information to the gang.

### [XI: Otto Schulz's Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/xi-otto-schulz-s-secret)

Susan is mentioned as having helped Joan after her injury, bathing and binding her ankle.

### [XIV: The Clue of the Clay-Marked Shoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-the-clue-of-the-clay-marked-shoe)

Identified by Speedwell as the parlormaid and mole in Warren Lodge, linked to the burglary.

### [A Tale of Two Cities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-a-tale-of-two-cities)

Reported to have been seen at Waterloo Station with Joan and Sime, helping an invalid lady into a car.

### [XIX: The Message of the Tracing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/xix-the-message-of-the-tracing)

Assisted the gang by obtaining a post as servant at Warren Lodge to gather information.

### [XX: The Goal of the L'Escaut](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cheyne_mystery_se/chapters/xx-the-goal-of-the-l-escaut)

Highly agitated upon rescue; French calms her as she recounts the tragic tale of the expedition.

## Links

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