CHARACTER DOSSIER · THE BLACKMERE FILES
Meet a figure from the Blackmere investigation. This profile stays within what can be told without exposing the revelations of the later novels.
PERSONAL FILE
01
Simon works with photographs and archival materials, the very kinds of objects that become important to the Blackmere investigation. His knowledge is technical and practical: images have surfaces, copies, dates and histories of handling.
02
The border between professional curiosity and family life is difficult to maintain. Simon’s access to old material complicates what the Ellabys can know about the source of Mara’s memories.
03
His place in the story is not that of an obvious villain. Professional decisions, secrecy and responsibility can have consequences without turning a parent into a caricature.
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Character descriptions are spoiler-conscious; the novels hold the full answers.
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