# Mr. Greene — The House Without a Key character guide

> Mr. Greene in The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Greene

**First appearance:** 0006-v-the-blood-of-the-winterslips

## Snapshot

Dan Winterslip's lawyer, a cool legal operator who steers the family's interests through blackmail, confession, and the threat of scandal.

## Who they are

Greene serves as the Winterslip family's attorney, a man comfortable navigating the gray space between the law and the family's reputation. He presses Jim Egan toward confession while promising to keep the story out of the newspapers, revealing a pragmatism that treats truth as a commodity to be managed. His presence in the case's middle stretch shows how thoroughly the murder has entangled the family's legal, financial, and personal affairs.

## In the story

### [The Man from India](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_without_a_key_se/chapters/xv-the-man-from-india)

The district court prosecutor, a Yale man, present during the opening of the box and the interrogation of Kaohla.

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