# The Clue of the Twisted Candle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/i.md): John Lexman hosts Remington Kara for dinner at Beston Priory. Kara discusses his admiration for Lexman's mystery novels and his own ability to solve them. Lexman mentions his friend T. X. Meredith of the CID. After dinne
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/ii.md): T. X. Meredith, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, is in his Whitehall office berating Inspector Mansus for failing to find information about the wealthy Greek Remington Kara. The Chief Commissioner, Sir George Haley,
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/iii.md): In the early hours after the shooting, John Lexman recounts the events to T. X. Meredith at Beston Priory. Lexman describes meeting Vassalaro, the confrontation, and the accidental shooting. T. X. notes the missing revol
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/iv.md): T. X. Meredith interrogates Kara about his involvement in the events leading to Vassalaro's murder. Kara claims ignorance of the threatening letter and his whereabouts, but T. X. reveals detailed knowledge of Kara's move
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/v.md): Six months after John Lexman's conviction, T. X. Meredith continues his investigation, searching for the missing revolver that could exonerate Lexman. He and Superintendent Mansus discover a second set of lodgings belong

> 18 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se_637kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Escape from Dartmoor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Cellar Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [The Return of John Lexman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [The Cellar Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [The Twisted Candle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [T. X. and Belinda Mary's Mysterious Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [The Clue of the Twisted Candle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Gathering of Experts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [The Narrative of John Lexman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxi-the-narrative-of-john-lexman.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxiii.md)

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