Unnatural Death · Character

Vera Findlater

The youngest Miss Findlater, whose devoted companionship to Mary Whittaker becomes an alibi, a blind spot, and a quiet question mark in the Dawson case.

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Also known as Miss Findlater, the youngest Miss Findlater, Vera Findlater, Miss Vera Findlater, Miss Vera

First appearance: xii a tale of two spinsters

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The youngest Miss Findlater; gushes about Mary Whittaker's chicken-farming plans.

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Vera is the friend who never leaves Mary Whittaker's side, and her constancy is precisely what makes her useful to the defense and troubling to the detectives. She is young, impressionable, and wholly under the spell of a woman whose motives no one has yet untangled. Because her testimony places Mary in Kent during the Gotobed disasters, Vera matters enormously to the early arc — she is the alibi the case must either trust or break.

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The youngest Miss Findlater; gushes about Mary Whittaker's chicken-farming plans.
VIII: Concerning Crime
Mentioned as Mary Whittaker's companion in chicken farming plans, with a 'pash' for Mary.
XVI: A Cast-Iron Alibi
Guest at tea; describes her month-long trip with Mary Whittaker, providing a strong alibi for Mary's whereabouts.
XIX: Gone Away
Staying with Mary Whittaker in Wellington Avenue; has disappeared with her, and her family is unaware of any concern.
XX: Murder
Found dead at Shelly Head with a head wound; her photographs are sent to police.
XXI: By What Means?
Found dead with a head wound and chloroform burns; Dr. Faulkner determines the head blow was postmortem and the true cause of death was chloroform.
XXII: A Case of Conscience
Reported to be staying with Mary Whittaker; later found dead, as Miss Climpson reads in the Evening Views.

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