# The Clue of the Twisted Candle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/i.md): John Lexman hosts Remington Kara for dinner at Beston Priory. Kara discusses his admiration for Lexman's mystery novels and his own ability to solve them. Lexman mentions his friend T. X. Meredith of the CID. After dinne
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/ii.md): T. X. Meredith, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, is in his Whitehall office berating Inspector Mansus for failing to find information about the wealthy Greek Remington Kara. The Chief Commissioner, Sir George Haley,
- [III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/iii.md): In the early hours after the shooting, John Lexman recounts the events to T. X. Meredith at Beston Priory. Lexman describes meeting Vassalaro, the confrontation, and the accidental shooting. T. X. notes the missing revol
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/iv.md): T. X. Meredith interrogates Kara about his involvement in the events leading to Vassalaro's murder. Kara claims ignorance of the threatening letter and his whereabouts, but T. X. reveals detailed knowledge of Kara's move
- [V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/v.md): Six months after John Lexman's conviction, T. X. Meredith continues his investigation, searching for the missing revolver that could exonerate Lexman. He and Superintendent Mansus discover a second set of lodgings belong
- [The Escape from Dartmoor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/vi.md): John Lexman, now a convict at Dartmoor, is assigned to paint a cottage. There, he meets a fellow prisoner and learns of his impending release. A warder unexpectedly orchestrates his escape, instructing him to jump into a
- [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/vii.md): T. X. Meredith secures a release order for John Lexman after discovering key evidence, but upon arriving at Dartmoor prison, he learns that Lexman has already escaped via an aeroplane. The chapter also reveals Kara's sus
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/viii.md): Two years after John Lexman's escape, T. X. Meredith reads about Kara in the newspaper and reflects on the unsolved mystery. He visits Kara's house, where he tricks Kara into opening his safe, then reveals a hidden vitri
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/ix.md): Kara instructs his valet Fisher to detain the one-armed Gathercole if he arrives. After Kara leaves, Fisher searches the study and bedroom, discovering that the Greek withdrew £6,000 in cash. Miss Holland, the secretary,
- [The Cellar Prison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/x.md): Miss Holland is caught stealing a snuffbox from Kara's safe. Kara confronts her, kisses her against her will, and locks her in his steel-sheeted wine cellar. After recovering, she discovers a trap door leading to a lower
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xi.md): T. X. receives a letter from John Lexman, who has returned to London and plans to surrender to Superintendent Mansus. Lexman reports that his wife Grace has died abroad. T. X. later encounters Mrs. Cassley, who reports t
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xii.md): Kara reflects on a past assassination attempt in Durazzo on Candlemas day, recalling his rescue by Turkish Gendarmes and the execution of his would-be killers. His reverie is interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Gathercole,
- [The Return of John Lexman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xiii.md): John Lexman returns to Scotland Yard to surrender himself, meeting T. X. Meredith and the Chief Commissioner. They discuss his pardon and future plans. Meanwhile, a mysterious phone call from Kara's residence leads T. X.
- [The Cellar Discovery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xiv.md): T. X. and Mansus investigate Kara's bedroom, finding a second candle, an overturned telephone, and books. T. X. discovers a bloodstained pair of scissors with a handkerchief monogrammed 'B. M. B.' in the cellar. Fisher, 
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xv.md): T. X. Meredith reports to the Chief Commissioner on the Kara murder investigation, noting the disappearance of Gathercole and the secretary. He meets John Lexman for lunch, where Lexman expresses intense hatred for Kara,
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xvi.md): T. X. Meredith confronts Belinda Mary Bartholomew about her involvement in Kara's murder, showing her the bloody scissors and handkerchief found at the scene. She admits to killing a dog in self-defense but denies knowle
- [The Twisted Candle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xvii.md): T. X. Meredith investigates Kara's murder by reconstructing the crime scene and consulting experts. He discusses the case with John Lexman, revealing that Gathercole may have died in a shipwreck. T. X. interrogates Fred 
- [T. X. and Belinda Mary's Mysterious Secret](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xviii.md): T. X. is deep in thought when Belinda Mary Bartholomew arrives, radiant and eager. She hints at having a wonderful secret but refuses to reveal it. T. X. then mentions John Lexman's planned lecture before his departure f
- [The Clue of the Twisted Candle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xix.md): T. X. Meredith arranges for John Lexman to deliver a lecture titled 'The Clue of the Twisted Candle' at Belinda Mary Bartholomew's rented house in Blackheath, where Lexman promises to reveal the murderer of Remington Kar
- [The Gathering of Experts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xx.md): Belinda Mary Bartholomew observes a room full of crime experts gathered to hear John Lexman's theory about the twisted candles. T. X. Meredith introduces her to the assembled guests, and John Lexman arrives, looking tire
- [The Narrative of John Lexman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxi-the-narrative-of-john-lexman.md): John Lexman recounts his imprisonment by Kara, his escape from Dartmoor, and the psychological torment inflicted on him and his wife Grace. He reveals Kara's elaborate plot to frame him for murder and describes his event
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxii.md): John Lexman continues his narrative, describing his imprisonment under the brutal Salvolio, his rescue by a Turkish merchant and his daughter, and his eventual confrontation with Kara. He details how he killed Kara in hi
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_clue_of_the_twisted_candle_se/chapters/xxiii.md): In the final chapter, the police and international detectives gather to hear John Lexman's full account of the murder of Remington Kara. Belinda Mary Bartholomew reveals that Grace Lexman is alive, having been hidden by 

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