Name: Martin Hewitt, Investigator By Arthur Morrison
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Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

The pocket-sized FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CRIME CLASSICS are chosen to create delightful, gift editions of classic crime and mystery thrillers. Each stunning unabridged edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges.

The hugely popular consulting detective Sherlock Holmes inspired a number of late nineteenth century fictional detectives, with Arthur Morrisons Martin Hewitt one of the most successful. Well-presented and cheerful, this shrewd PI well befits his place among the greatest sleuths in literature. Gathered here are twelve of his adventures, including The Lenton Croft Robberies and The Case of the Dixon Torpedo, showing the charming protagonist at work with his loyal sidekick, Brett.

A specially commissioned biography of the author and a glossary of Victorian and Literary terms make this new edition essential for all classic crime fans!

About Arthur Morrison

Rosemary Herbert (Biography) is editor in chief of The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing and author of Front Page Teaser: A Liz Higgins Mystery. A former Harvard University reference librarian, and a longtime journalist and literary critic, her books also include Whodunnit? A Whos Who in Crime & Mystery Writing, Murder on Deck! Shipboard & Shoreline Mystery Stories, and Twelve American Crime Stories. She co-edited, with Tony Hillerman, The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories and A New Omnibus of Crime. After residing on a Maine island, she now lives in Americas heartland, where she pursues writing and ceramic arts.
Judith John (glossary) is a writer and editor specializing in literature and history. A former secondary school English Language and Literature teacher, she has subsequently worked as an editor on major educational projects, including English A: Literature for the Pearson International Baccalaureate series. Judiths major research interests include Romantic and Gothic literature, and Renaissance drama.
Arthur Morrison (18631945) was born in the East End of London. He later became a writer for The Globe newspaper and showed a keen interest in relating the real and bleak plight of those living in London slums. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893, a vacuum opened up for detective heroes. In the wake Morrison created Martin Hewitt, publishing stories about him in The Strand Magazine, which had also first published Sherlock Holmes. Though a man with genius deductive skill, Morrisons Hewitt character was the polar opposite to Holmes: genial and helpful to the police. He was perhaps the most popular of these new investigator fiction heroes.

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GOR011958719

ISBN 13

9781839641541

ISBN 10

1839641541

Title

Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

Author

Arthur Morrison

Series

Flame Tree Collectable Crime Classics

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Flame Tree Publishing

Year published

2020-03-15

Number of pages

256

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Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison

Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

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Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

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