# The Three Taps — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Three Taps by Ronald A. Knox.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/dedication.md): The book is dedicated to Susan and Francis Baker, with a playful warning that Francis must not stay up too late reading it.
- [The Three Taps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/the-three-taps.md): The chapter introduces the setting and the mysterious death of Mr. Mottram, whose body is found in a locked room. The investigation begins, with Miles Bredon arriving to assist Inspector Leyland. The chapter explores the
- [I: The Euthanasia Policy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/i-the-euthanasia-policy.md): This chapter introduces the Indescribable Insurance Company and its innovative Euthanasia policy, which provides both a death benefit and an annuity. The reader meets Mr. Mottram, a wealthy but ailing client who attempts
- [II: The Detective Malgré Lui](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/ii-the-detective-malgr-lui.md): This chapter introduces Miles Bredon, the private detective for the Indescribable insurance company, and his wife Angela. It explains Bredon's background, his role investigating fraud for the company, and his capricious 
- [III: At the Load of Mischief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/iii-at-the-load-of-mischief.md): Miles and Angela Bredon arrive at the Load of Mischief inn in Chilthorpe, where they learn from a fishing old gentleman that Mr. Mottram has been found dead, apparently by suicide. The landlady, Mrs. Davis, is voluble an

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- [IV: The Bedroom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/iv-the-bedroom.md)
- [V: Supper, and Mr. Brinkman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/v-supper-and-mr-brinkman.md)
- [VI: An Ear at the Keyhole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/vi-an-ear-at-the-keyhole.md)
- [VII: From Leyland’s Notebook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/vii-from-leyland-s-notebook.md)
- [VIII: The Bishop at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/viii-the-bishop-at-home.md)
- [IX: The Late Rector of Hipley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/ix-the-late-rector-of-hipley.md)
- [X: The Bet Doubled](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/x-the-bet-doubled.md)
- [XI: The Generalship of Angela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xi-the-generalship-of-angela.md)
- [XII: The Makings of a Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xii-the-makings-of-a-trap.md)
- [XIII: A Morning with the Haberdasher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xiii-a-morning-with-the-haberdasher.md)
- [XIV: Bredon Is Taken for a Walk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xiv-bredon-is-taken-for-a-walk.md)
- [XV: A Scrap of Paper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xv-a-scrap-of-paper.md)
- [XVI: A Visitor from Pullford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xvi-a-visitor-from-pullford.md)
- [XVII: Mysterious Behaviour of the Old Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xvii-mysterious-behaviour-of-the-old-gentleman.md)
- [XVIII: The Barmaid Is Brought to Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xviii-the-barmaid-is-brought-to-book.md)
- [XIX: How Leyland Spent the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xix-how-leyland-spent-the-evening.md)
- [XX: How Bredon Spent the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xx-how-bredon-spent-the-evening.md)
- [XXI: How Eames Spent the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xxi-how-eames-spent-the-evening.md)
- [XXII: At a Standstill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xxii-at-a-standstill.md)
- [XXIII: Leyland’s Account of It All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xxiii-leyland-s-account-of-it-all.md)
- [XXIV: Mottram’s Account of It All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xxiv-mottram-s-account-of-it-all.md)
- [XXV: Bredon's Account of It All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/xxv-bredon-s-account-of-it-all.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_taps_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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