The Quick Work Summary

Lord Peter announces that he has solved most of the mystery (the only points he is unsure about are who actually killed the corpse and how) and begins to work to prove his theory. Lord Peter, Blundell and Rozier exchange telegrams, revealing that LeGros was Jeff Deacon. The Thodays and Cranton are both detained for questioning. Lord Peter leaves Fenchurch St. Paul, saying goodbye to the Venables and to Hezekiah Lavender.

The Quick Work Analysis

This is a very short chapter filled with many developments, as the title of the chapter suggests.

Lord Peter's announcement at the start of the chapter has two main functions. The first is a signal to the reader that from this point forward, no new subtle clues will be given but the reader will be presented with the answers. If the reader has been...