# The Crimson Circle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace.

- [The Crimson Circle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/the-crimson-circle.md): The chapter introduces the Crimson Circle, a secret criminal organization that terrorizes wealthy individuals through threats and extortion. The narrative follows the initial victims and the authorities' attempts to unco
- [Prologue: The Nail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/prologue.md): The prologue recounts how a botched execution of a criminal named Lightman in Toulouse, caused by a nail driven into the guillotine by M. Pallion after a birthday celebration, set the stage for the Crimson Circle mystery
- [The Initiation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/i-the-initiation.md): A man, on the verge of bankruptcy and contemplating suicide, meets a mysterious driver in a dark car. The driver, wearing a black silk cowl, reveals intimate knowledge of the man's desperate situation and offers him a wa
- [The Girl Who Was Indifferent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/iii-the-girl-who-was-indifferent.md): Jack Beardmore, burdened by worry, walks to the valley between his estate and Harvey Froyant's. He meets Thalia Drummond, who coolly rebuffs his advances, explaining that his infatuation is merely a product of isolation.
- [Mr. Felix Marl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/iv-mr-felix-marl.md): Jack Beardmore encounters a nervous and secretive Mr. Felix Marl, a land speculator visiting his father. Marl displays inexplicable terror, startling both Jack and Harvey Froyant. Derrick Yale observes Marl's fear but ca

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- [The Girl Who Ran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/v-the-girl-who-ran.md)
- [VI: “Thalia Drummond Is a Crook”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/vi-thalia-drummond-is-a-crook.md)
- [The Stolen Idol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/vii-the-stolen-idol.md)
- [The Charge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/viii-the-charge.md)
- [IX: Thalia in the Police Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/ix-thalia-in-the-police-court.md)
- [X: The Summons of the Crimson Circle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/x-the-summons-of-the-crimson-circle.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xi-the-confession.md)
- [XII: The Pointed Boots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xii-the-pointed-boots.md)
- [Mr. Marl Squeezes a Little More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xiii-mr-marl-squeezes-a-little-more.md)
- [XIV: Thalia Is Asked Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xiv-thalia-is-asked-out.md)
- [Thalia Joins the Gang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xv-thalia-joins-the-gang.md)
- [Mr. Marl Goes Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xvi-mr-marl-goes-out.md)
- [XVII: The Blower of Bubbles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xvii-the-blower-of-bubbles.md)
- [XVIII: “Flush” Barnet’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xviii-flush-barnet-s-story.md)
- [Thalia Accepts an Offer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xix-thalia-accepts-an-offer.md)
- [The Key of River House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xx-the-key-of-river-house.md)
- [River House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxi-river-house.md)
- [The Messenger of the Circle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxii-the-messenger-of-the-circle.md)
- [XXIII: The Woman in the Cupboard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxiii-the-woman-in-the-cupboard.md)
- [£10,000 Reward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxiv-10-000-reward.md)
- [The Tenant of River House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxv-the-tenant-of-river-house.md)
- [The Bottle of Chloroform](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxvi-the-bottle-of-chloroform.md)
- [Mr. Parr's Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-parr-s-mother.md)
- [A Shot in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxviii-a-shot-in-the-night.md)
- [XXIX: “The Red Circle”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxix-the-red-circle.md)
- [XXX: The Silencing of Froyant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxx-the-silencing-of-froyant.md)
- [XXXI: Thalia Answers a Few Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxi-thalia-answers-a-few-questions.md)
- [A Trip to the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxii-a-trip-to-the-country.md)
- [The Posters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-posters.md)
- [Blackmailing a Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxiv-blackmailing-a-government.md)
- [Thalia Lunches with a Cabinet Minister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxv-thalia-lunches-with-a-cabinet-minister.md)
- [The Circle Meets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-circle-meets.md)
- [XXXVII: “I Will See You—If You Are Alive”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxvii-i-will-see-you-if-you-are-alive.md)
- [The Arrest of Thalia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-arrest-of-thalia.md)
- [A Prison Diet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxix-a-prison-diet.md)
- [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xl-the-escape.md)
- [Who Is the Crimson Circle?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xli-who-is-the-crimson-circle.md)
- [XLII: Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xlii-mother.md)
- [The Story Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xliii-the-story-continued.md)

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