The characters / Recurring character
Olivia Trelawney
Olivia Trelawney is recorded in 4 distinct storys.
The Mercedes owner, Holly’s cousin, is linked across the cases by Hartsfield’s manipulation, suicide and the inheritance passing to Janey and Charlotte.
Also recorded as Mrs. Olivia Trelawney.
Stories and supporting passages
End of Watch
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We’ll never know for sure.” And Olivia Trelawney, Hodges thinks, was a lot like her cousin Holly: nervy, defensive, most definitely not a social animal. Far from stupid, but hard to like.
Hodges explicitly compares Olivia with her cousin Holly while recalling the City Center case.
Finders Keepers
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He didn’t succeed . . . but he did succeed with Olivia Trelawney, the woman whose Mercedes Holly Gibney now owns and plans to drive to Cincinnati. “If you can, do it now. Come on. Show off a little.
The narrator links Olivia’s suicide and Mercedes to Hartsfield and Holly.
Holly
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“No. I knew she was rich at one time.” Holly thinks of dominoes falling over in a neat line. Olivia Trelawney’s husband made money. Olivia inherited it. Olivia committed suicide. Janey inherited it. Janey got blown up by Brady Hartsfield.
Holly reconstructs the inheritance after Olivia’s suicide and Janey’s murder.
Mr. Mercedes
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Mrs. Olivia Trelawney with her shapeless boatneck dresses, said boats always listed either to starboard or to port.
Hodges recalls Olivia’s appearance and behavior.