Martin Hewitt Investigator by Arthur Morrison
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Written from the pov of friend and journalist Brett
1. The Lenton Croft Robberies - after his successfully part in a probate case clerk Hewitt decides to go independent and he is employed to investigate the robbery of jewellery at Lenton Court
2. The Loss of Sammy Crocket - Where and why has sprint runner disappeared to.
3. The Case of Mr. Foggatt - In the top flat of their residence Brett and Hewitt hear a gunshot. They discover their neighbour dead in a locked room. Hewitt is convinced it is murder but can he prove it and find the guilty party.
4. The Case of the Dixon Torpedo - Drawings of the new Dixon torpedo have gone missing from Dixon’s office. An office which received no visitors and none of the staff had left.
5. The Quinton Jewel Affair - Too much of the dialogue in the vernacular and so lost my interest and skipped the story
6. The Stanway Cameo Mystery - How and why was the First century cameo bought by the Marquis of Sranway stolen.
7. The Affair of the Tortoise - 1878 - When tenant Raneau is discovered murdered, who removed his body and why.
A couple of enjoyable short stories


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