# Trent’s Last Case — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/dedication.md): E. C. Bentley dedicates the novel to Gilbert Keith Chesterton, citing personal and literary reasons, including a promise made two years prior and fond memories of their shared youth.
- [Trent's Last Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/trent-s-last-case.md): Philip Trent, a celebrated artist and amateur detective, is dispatched by Sir James Molloy to investigate the murder of American financier Sigsbee Manderson at his English country house, White Gables. Upon arrival, Trent
- [I: Bad News](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/i-bad-news.md): The chapter introduces the death of Sigsbee Manderson, a colossal American financier, and the immediate global financial panic that ensues. It details his complex legacy—a man of immense wealth and power, ruthless in bus
- [II: Knocking the Town Endways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/ii-knocking-the-town-endways.md): Sir James Molloy receives the news of Sigsbee Manderson's murder from Calvin Bunner and quickly mobilizes his newspaper staff to prepare a special edition. He dispatches reporters, coordinates with his team, and arranges
- [III: Breakfast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/iii-breakfast.md): Trent meets with Mr. Cupples for breakfast and discusses the Manderson case. Cupples reveals the strained relationship between Mabel and Sigsbee Manderson, his own confrontation with Manderson, and his fears for Mabel's 

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- [IV: Handcuffs in the Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/iv-handcuffs-in-the-air.md)
- [V: Poking About](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/v-poking-about.md)
- [VI: Mr. Bunner on the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/vi-mr-bunner-on-the-case.md)
- [VII: The Lady in Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/vii-the-lady-in-black.md)
- [VIII: The Inquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/viii-the-inquest.md)
- [IX: A Hot Scent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/ix-a-hot-scent.md)
- [X: The Wife of Dives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/x-the-wife-of-dives.md)
- [XI: Hitherto Unpublished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xi-hitherto-unpublished.md)
- [Evil Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xii-evil-days.md)
- [XIII: Eruption](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xiii-eruption.md)
- [XIV: Writing a Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xiv-writing-a-letter.md)
- [Double Cunning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xv-double-cunning.md)
- [The Last Straw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/trent_s_last_case_se/chapters/xvi-the-last-straw.md)

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