# Rex Greene — The Greene Murder Case character guide

> Rex Greene in The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Rex, Mr. Rex Greene, Poor Rex

**First appearance:** 0004-i-a-double-tragedy

## Who they are

The younger Greene son, a sickly recluse whose nervous dread of his family's mansion makes him the household's most fragile and least visible heir.

## Relationships

### [Ada Greene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/characters/ada_greene)

_family_

Ada is protective of her younger brother Rex, who is frail and often victimized by the family's dysfunction.

### [Ada Greene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/characters/ada_greene)

_family_

Ada is protective of her younger brother Rex, who is frail and often victimized by the family's dysfunction.

### [Ada Greene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/characters/ada_greene)

_family_

Ada is protective of her younger brother Rex, who is frail and often victimized by the family's dysfunction.

## In the story

### [The Greene Murder Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/the-greene-murder-case)

Mentioned as a family member involved in the events.

### [Vance Argues the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/vii-vance-argues-the-case)

Cited by Vance for his odd behavior during questioning and his failure to hear the second shot, suggesting deeper involvement.

### [VIII: The Second Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/viii-the-second-tragedy)

Rex reports hearing a faint shuffling noise and a door closing about twenty minutes before the shooting, though he initially thought nothing of it.

### [A Painful Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/xi-a-painful-interview)

Nervous and defiant, becomes violently agitated when accused of hiding the revolver, later sedated by Von Blon.

### [A Motor Ride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/xii-a-motor-ride)

Initially surly, but warms to Vance during a discussion of scientific theories. Offers his hand at parting.

### [XIII: The Third Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/xiii-the-third-tragedy)

Discussed by Ada: he confided that he heard the shot and something else, but was too frightened to admit it.

### [The Lost Poisons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/xvi-the-lost-poisons)

Mentioned as having been shot in his room; his peaceful expression and the fact that no one upstairs heard the shot are noted as puzzling.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in the context of the Greene shootings and the investigation.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_greene_murder_case_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

His bedroom is illustrated in the floor plans.

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