Turtledove
Henry Bock
Fictional Character
"The Maltese Elephant"
Set in OTL
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: United States
Date of Birth: Late 19th century
Occupation: Police officer
Affiliations: San Francisco PD

Henry Bock was a captain in the San Francisco Police Department. He accompanied Detective Roland Dwyer to the office of private detective Miles Bowman with perplexing news. Evan Thursday, the man Bowman suspected of murdering his partner Tom Trencher, had himself been murdered.

Literary comment[]

Barton MacLane, the most famous screen Dundy.

Barton MacLane, the most famous screen Dundy.

Henry Bock is based on Lieutenant Dundy from Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.