# The Charing Cross Mystery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Charing Cross Mystery by J. S. Fletcher.

- [The Last Train East](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/i-the-last-train-east.md): Hetherwick, a young barrister, catches the last eastbound train at Sloane Square and observes two men who board at St. James's Park. The elder, a robust, military-looking man, and his sallow, shabby companion discuss rec
- [Whose Portrait Is This?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ii-whose-portrait-is-this.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield visit the hotel where Robert Hannaford had been staying and meet his granddaughter Rhona. They inform her of Hannaford's sudden death. Hetherwick recalls seeing Rhona earlier with Kenthwaite. L
- [III: The Potential Fortune](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/iii-the-potential-fortune.md): The inquest into Hannaford's death reveals new evidence from a witness, Martin Charles Ledbitter, who saw Hannaford meet a mysterious man in blue spectacles and a muffler at Victoria Station. The coroner adjourns the pro
- [IV: The Diamond Necklace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/iv-the-diamond-necklace.md): Hetherwick becomes increasingly obsessed with the photograph of a woman found in Hannaford's pocketbook, convinced it holds the key to the murder. He visits Rhona Hannaford to trace the newspaper from which the picture w
- [The Police Return](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/v-the-police-return.md): Hetherwick learns the full story of how Mrs. Whittingham tricked Superintendent Hannaford and escaped with a diamond necklace. Hollis and Gandham confirm her identity from a photograph, and Malladale reveals that he was 
- [Samples of Ink](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/vi-samples-of-ink.md): Hetherwick, accompanied by Hollis and the analytical chemist Collison, visits Hannaford's old laboratory in Sellithwaite. There, Collison deduces that Hannaford was attempting to invent a superior writing-ink, a potentia
- [Black Velvet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/vii-black-velvet.md): Hetherwick identifies Lady Riversreade as the woman in the photograph and learns she is a wealthy widow. He and Rhona Hannaford devise a plan for her to go undercover as Miss Featherstone to investigate Lady Riversreade.
- [VIII: Fligwood’s Rents](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/viii-fligwood-s-rents.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield visit Granett's lodgings at Fligwood's Rents, where they confirm the dead man is indeed the one who was with Hannaford in the train. They discover letters linking Granett to Sellithwaite and a 
- [IX: The Medicine Bottle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/ix-the-medicine-bottle.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield discuss the poisoning of Granett, which mirrors Hannaford's death. Matherfield discovers a medicine bottle and glass in Granett's room, which he believes to be a clue. Hetherwick reveals his in
- [X: The Mysterious Visitor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/x-the-mysterious-visitor.md): Rhona recounts to Hetherwick the visit of a mysterious Dr. Cyprian Baseverie to Riversreade Court, who used a printed card and was not listed in the medical directory. Lady Riversreade was visibly upset after the meeting
- [XI: Lady Riversreade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xi-lady-riversreade.md): Hetherwick learns from Mapperley that Lady Riversreade's mysterious visitor was tracked to Vivian's Night Club, linking him to the five-pound note found on Granett. Hetherwick and Matherfield follow Lady Riversreade to S
- [Alias Madame Listorelle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xii-alias-madame-listorelle.md): Matherfield pursues Lady Riversreade early in the morning, leaving Hetherwick behind. Hetherwick later learns from his clerk Mapperley that Dr. Baseverie was seen with a woman at Vivian's and that Hannaford had been ther
- [XIII: Who Was She?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-who-was-she.md): Matherfield recounts his failed pursuit of Lady Riversreade, whom he suspects is the former Mrs. Whittingham involved in a ten-year-old fraud. He followed her from London to Southampton, where he believed she intended to
- [Is It Blackmail?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-is-it-blackmail.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield meet Rhona in Dorking to discuss the mysterious woman Matherfield followed to Southampton. Rhona insists Lady Riversreade was at Riversreade Court at the time, leading to confusion about a poss
- [XV: Revelations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xv-revelations.md): Hetherwick and Matherfield learn from Blenkinsop that Lady Riversreade is not Mrs. Whittingham; the portrait Hannaford cut out was of Madame Listorelle, Lady Riversreade's twin sister. They then see a newspaper advertise
- [XVI: Still More](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-still-more.md): Blenkinsop reveals the full background of the blackmail plot targeting Lady Riversreade and her twin sister Madame Listorelle (formerly Mrs. Whittingham). He explains that Dr. Baseverie approached Lady Riversreade claimi
- [The Torn Labels](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-the-torn-labels.md): Matherfield and Hetherwick learn from a telegram that the man tailing Baseverie lost him at Dover. Matherfield suspects Baseverie doubled back to London. A plainclothes policeman leads them to chemist Macpherson, who ide
- [XVIII: The Telegram](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-telegram.md): Matherfield and Hetherwick discover a telegram confirming that Dr. Charles Ambrose met Hannaford at Victoria station. They investigate Ambrose's flat, learning from the caretaker that he has been absent for three weeks w
- [XIX: The London Road](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xix-the-london-road.md): Hetherwick and Penteney arrive at Riversreade Court to investigate the kidnapping of Madame Listorelle and Miss Featherstone. Lady Riversreade explains that the two women vanished shortly after leaving for the Home, and 
- [XX: Converging Tracks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xx-converging-tracks.md): Hetherwick and Penteney return to Matherfield's headquarters with news of the kidnapping of Madame Listorelle and Miss Featherstone. Matherfield reveals he has a lead on Ambrose from a tavern landlord. Lord Morradale arr
- [The Order in Writing](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxi-the-order-in-writing.md): Hetherwick meets Mapperley and his associate, Mr. Isidore Goldmark, who has been tailing Dr. Baseverie. Goldmark reports that Baseverie visited St. Mary's Mansions, where Madame Listorelle's flat is located, using a note
- [The Highly-Respectable Solicitor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxii-the-highly-respectable-solicitor.md): Lord Morradale, Hetherwick, and Mapperley examine a note from Madame Listorelle, suspecting she was forced to write it. They plan to intercept whoever comes to collect valuables from the Imperial Safe Deposit. Mapperley 
- [The Landlady of Little Smith Street](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxiii-the-landlady-of-little-smith-street.md): Matherfield, Hetherwick, and Lord Morradale visit solicitor Garrowell to retrieve a box of jewels from Madame Listorelle's safe, but discover it has already been sent to Southampton. Matherfield resolves to intercept the
- [The House in the Yard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxiv-the-house-in-the-yard.md): Hetherwick and Mapperley, with the help of Issy Goldmark, track a mysterious woman to a hidden house behind a wall in Pencove Street. After discovering the location, Hetherwick sends Mapperley to fetch Detective-Sergeant
- [XXV: Dead!](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxv-dead.md): Hetherwick and Robmore discover Dr. Ambrose dead in a chair, apparently poisoned. They find evidence of his planned escape, including a booked passage under a false name. Robmore suspects Baseverie poisoned him to elimin
- [Waterloo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvi-waterloo.md): Hetherwick and Robmore search a house where Rhona and Madame Listorelle were imprisoned, finding evidence of their recent captivity. Hetherwick retrieves Rhona's handbag and later meets her. They then go to Waterloo stat
- [The Assurance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/xxvii-the-assurance.md): Hetherwick and Rhona discuss the case and the motive for the murders, suspecting Baseverie and Ambrose sought both the ink formula and blackmail. A policeman summons them to Matherfield's office, where two chemists, Cult
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_charing_cross_mystery_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md): A list of illustrations is presented, featuring a medicine bottle with two torn labels. The first label shows partial text including 'C. A.' and 'No. A.1152', while the second label contains a chemist's guarantee with mi

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