The Seven Dials Mystery · Character
Colonel Melrose
The local chief constable assisting the investigation.
minor
Also known as Melrose
First appearance: i on early rising
Colonel Melrose shows up with force in XV: The Inquest. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Meets Bundle and Jimmy at Chimneys and accompanies them to the inquest.
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Character groups
- Local Authority Figures
- Central Mystery Characters
- Supporting and Peripheral Characters
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
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See Colonel Melrose in i on early rising