Abel Turner

"All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down"

- Det. Turner to Alex

Abel Turner is a detective of the New Haven Police Department. While not officially associated with Yale University, Turner is a technical member of Lethe House as Centurion, due to the usefulness of his occupation. When local girl Tara Hutchins is found dead, Turner is forced to work with Lethe in order to solve her murder.

Early Life
At some point in his career as a detective, Turner was approached by Lethe to hold the position of Centurion. Turner was reluctant, due to his morals and disregard of elite secret socieities, but was eventually motivated to take up the job due to the monetary compensation offered. He put the money toward a down payment for his mother's house.

Ninth House
Alex’s POV begins around the time of a murder near the outskirts of campus. She doesn’t get much information from Detective Turner, Lethe’s police contact, at the crime scene. But then she never gets much respect from him, especially without Darlington at her side.

Personality
As seen through Alex Stern, Turner is ambitious, contained, smart, and according to Alex, "one of the good guys." Turner is good at being a detective and Centurion, willing to work to find perpetrators to justice and protect normal individuals from those a part of the Ancient Eight. Aware of his status as a black man from low economic status in New Haven, Turner is far more used to blending in with privileged individuals than Alex, often portraying himself to be more genial, polite, and accomodating than he actually is. Indeed, despite this facade of geniality, Turner displays his disregard of those associated with privilege, especially the Ancient Eight (including Alex and Darlington).