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The Secret Adversary · Character

Inspector Brown

Police inspector investigating the case.

minor

First appearance: xxvi mr brown

Inspector Brown shows up with force in Mr. Julius P. Hersheimmer. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as the Scotland Yard inspector who visited Julius earlier that morning to collect Jane Finn's photograph.
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