The Starvel Hollow Tragedy · Character
Sergeant Kent
A police sergeant assisting Inspector French.
minor
Also known as Kent
First appearance: IV: Inspector French Goes North
Sergeant Kent shows up with force in II: The Inquest. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Warns Ruth about the inquest, then questions her extensively about the fire and the Ropers.
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In II: The Inquest: Warns Ruth about the inquest, then questions her extensively about the fire and the Ropers. Later, in IV: Inspector French Goes North: Local sergeant in charge who is to provide French with…
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- Other
Character groups
- Core suspects and witnesses
- Persons of interest
- Extended cast of witnesses and professionals
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak of Inspector French’s triump…
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Sergeant Kent appears across 7 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- II: The Inquest
- IV: Inspector French Goes North
- VI: Talloires, Lac d’Annecy
- VII: Posthumous Evidence
- XII: A Somewhat Gruesome Chapter
- The Piece of Yellow Clay
- XIV: The Secret of the Moor
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