The Powerhouse · Character
Bill Docker
A relative or associate of Mr. Docker, possibly a criminal element.
minor
Also known as a certain Bill Docker, Bill, I
First appearance: iv i follow the trail of the super butler
Bill Docker's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves The Powerhouse—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Former client of Leithen; enters the locked room through a disguised window, but is subdued by Chapman.
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With Unknown Narrator (professional): Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the narrator closely observing and interacting with him as a subject of study. With Ethel…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Central Conspiracy Circle
- Protagonist
- Investigation and Victims
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Unknown Narrator
professional · ambivalent
Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the… How this plays out →
- Ethel Pitt-Heron
romantic · positive
- Tommy Deloraine
friendship · positive
- Mr. Docker
family · ambivalent
- Unknown Narrator
professional · ambivalent
Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the… How this plays out →
- Unknown Narrator
professional · ambivalent
Bill Docker is a powerful industrialist and the central figure of the story, with the… How this plays out →
- Tommy Deloraine
friendship · positive
- Ethel Pitt-Heron
romantic · positive
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