# Thomas Cawler — The Door with Seven Locks character guide

> Thomas Cawler in The Door with Seven Locks by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tommy Cawler, Tommy, Tom, Mr. Cawler, Mr. Tom Cawler, Cawler

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

A chauffeur who once played hare to Dick Martin's hounds across two continents, and whose face in a Cape Town photograph undoes his employer.

## Who they are

Tom Cawler is the kind of man who shows up on a hotel balcony at the wrong moment and gets snapped by a press photographer, which is how Dick Martin learns he was being led on a fool's errand. He is a messenger, a decoy, and — by the end — a brother to a man who was handed over to a doctor's experiments as a child. His small, careless appearances are the loose threads that unravel the entire deception.

## Relationships

### [Dick Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/dick_martin)

_professional_

Dick Martin deals with Thomas Cawler as a suspect or associate in the criminal underworld.

### [Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/bertram_cody)

_professional_

Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a business or servant relationship, possibly involving secrets.

### [Mrs. Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/mrs_bertram_cody)

_professional_

Mrs. Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a tense professional relationship, possibly as employer and servant.

### [Dick Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/dick_martin)

_professional_

Dick Martin deals with Thomas Cawler as a suspect or associate in the criminal underworld.

### [Dick Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/dick_martin)

_professional_

Dick Martin deals with Thomas Cawler as a suspect or associate in the criminal underworld.

### [Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/bertram_cody)

_professional_

Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a business or servant relationship, possibly involving secrets.

### [Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/bertram_cody)

_professional_

Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a business or servant relationship, possibly involving secrets.

### [Mrs. Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/mrs_bertram_cody)

_professional_

Mrs. Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a tense professional relationship, possibly as employer and servant.

### [Mrs. Bertram Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/characters/mrs_bertram_cody)

_professional_

Mrs. Bertram Cody and Thomas Cawler have a tense professional relationship, possibly as employer and servant.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/iii)

Former car thief now working as chauffeur for Bertram Cody; encountered at Stalletti's cottage, well-dressed and claiming reform.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/x)

Drives Cody to the meeting; suspected by Stalletti of spying, but denies following him.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xix)

Confronts Cody about Sybil's detention, hints at dark family history, and demands her release.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned as a nephew of Mrs. Cawler; Dick vouches for his character as a non-murderer.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxiv)

The chauffeur rescues Sybil; reveals his criminal past and his relationship to Mrs. Cody; fights the giant man.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxv)

Briefly thought of by Sybil during her flight.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxvi)

Mentioned as having stayed behind to meet an attacker; Dick finds signs of a struggle but no body, suggesting he may have been killed.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxix)

Found squatting with the two giants during their ritual, then vanishes and later follows Stalletti through the wood.

### [The Arrest and the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxx)

Grief-stricken after the car accident kills his brother; confesses to killing Stalletti with a spanner.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxxi)

His brother is said to possess the seventh key around his neck.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_door_with_seven_locks_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Mentioned as having guessed the big man was his brother.

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