The Murder on the Links · Character
Georges Conneau
The vanished lover at the heart of the Beroldy scandal — a man who left a bloodstained knife, a blackmailing letter, and a woman's reputation in his wake.
supporting
Also known as young Conneau, Conneau
First appearance: XVI: The Beroldy Case
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Madame Beroldy's lover who confessed to the murder and later denounced her.
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Conneau was the lover of Madame Beroldy, and on the night her husband died she awoke to find him standing over her with a bloodstained knife. He escaped the guillotine by vanishing, then resurfaced only as a threatening…
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- Murder suspects and witnesses
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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See Georges Conneau in XVI: The Beroldy Case