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The book page gives an excellent overview of Martin Hewitt and how he came to be an investigator, and the introduction by Otto Penzler expands on this. According to Penzler, after the success of Holmes, authors and publishers wanted another detective in the same mould, and, apparently, Arthur Morrison, with his character of Martin Hewitt was the first author in England to exploit the Doyle formula. He operates his own, very successful, detective agency, employing only a clerk on a regular basis, although he does use the occasional casual helper. He has a good relationship with the police and is a very likeable man, who seems to get on well with everybody and anybody. His cases are written up by his good friend, journalist, Mr Brett.

Hewitt is usually called in by private individuals when the police have failed to solve a crime. He doesn’t share any deductions or clues with Brett, the police or the reader, so the conclusions of the cases are all the more amazing for that. In one case he does give Brett a hint about a clue (The Case of Mr Foggatt), but it isn’t really a fair one to either Brett or the reader, as, again, we are not privy to all the information Hewitt has. Hewitt’s theory about clues is that “two trivialities, pointing in the same direction, become, at once, by their mere agreement, no trivialities at all, but enormously important considerations”. In “The Case of the Dixon Torpedo”, a sketch would have been very helpful, although it is easy to draw the plan for yourself.

There are a wide range of cases and some of them have good plots and are very clever. An intriguing story causes some harm to Hewitt’s professional reputation (The Stanway Cameo Mystery), while another one is rather a fun read in a way as well as being quite a neat little mystery (The Loss of Sammy Crockett). At the end of each case, Hewitt always discloses how he came to the conclusions he did, and sometimes, investigating one crime, he comes across another one (The Case of the Dixon Torpedo), which is a story I especially enjoyed. The last story (The Affair of the Tortoise) is rather clever, but does include a pejorative word for a black man.

To sum up: quite a good collection of short stories, very easy to read, with a very likeable protagonist, and some great characters, and I liked the book enough that I will probably try another of this author’s books.


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Martin Hewitt Investigator Arthur Morrison 9781426448270 Books Reviews

Martin Hewitt is an investigator in the Holmes tradition. Arthur Morrison wrote Hewitt shortly after Holmes became a star, using Holmes' investigative techniques and intense observation. Hewitt even has a side kick, a young reporter, who eventually writes up his cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle deserves the 5 stars, and if I am done comparing, then Morrison can have 5 stars as well. The main thing I liked was that each chapter is a case within itself so it is easy reading that can be put down and taken up again much later. .
These short stories are worth reading for the detective fiction fan interested in the history of the genre,, but they are dated. Unlike his contemporary, Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt has no personality and solves mysteries by making discoveries "off camera" and then reappearing to announce what he found and who is guilty.
OTOH, this volume is free and the formatting for the is fine, so download it and read a couple.
Martin Hewitt is not Sherlock Holmes, but then again, who is? From what I've read, the character of Martin Hewitt was a contemporary to Holmes, and almost seems to me the "anti-Holmes". However, I did enjoy reading these mysteries very much. I don't think they're any more outdated than the Holmes stories are. But, if you're interested in this book, don't expect it to be like Sherlock Holmes, as Mr. Hewitt is not much like him at all. For example, he's not going to have a client walk into his office and give him his life's history through deduction like Holmes might. The characters don't quite have the personality of the Arthur Conan Doyle characters, and the writing seems simpler, and the mysteries generally simpler. However, I did enjoy reading them very much, and since I think I downloaded this book for free, you can't beat that. I don't think it has an active TOC, but if I remember correctly, very few typos. Anyway, for free you can't complain too much. Mystery lovers, give it a try!
I liked this collection of short stories. Mystery aficionados will most likely find reading these stories a very pleasant diversion. To avoid all of that unnecessary typing, I'll copy from my early review of Chronicles of Martin Hewitt

Arthur Morrison's detective, Marin Hewitt, does seem to have a touch of Sherlock Holmes in him; he is very observant, keeps his solutions to the mystery to himself until he has proved his theory, and solves the mysteries he tackles with a certain flair. On the other hand, Martin Hewitt doesn't have the obsessive idiosyncrasies of Sherlock Holmes; he is not addicted to cocaine, has no obsession with music, and doesn't go into a blue funk when there is no intriguing mystery to challenge his intellect. Quite the contrary, Mr. Hewitt maintains a perfectly respectable business in private investigations, even to the extent of having an office and a clerk. Martin Hewitt seems to be a perfectly normal person with an abnormally keen insight into investigations. Of the two, Holmes would certainly make the far more interesting character study, yet, Hewitt seems somehow to be more real and less of an artifact of the imagination, if it is possible to say such a thing about a fictional character.

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The book page gives an excellent overview of Martin Hewitt and how he came to be an investigator, and the introduction by Otto Penzler expands on this. According to Penzler, after the success of Holmes, authors and publishers wanted another detective in the same mould, and, apparently, Arthur Morrison, with his character of Martin Hewitt was the first author in England to exploit the Doyle formula. He operates his own, very successful, detective agency, employing only a clerk on a regular basis, although he does use the occasional casual helper. He has a good relationship with the police and is a very likeable man, who seems to get on well with everybody and anybody. His cases are written up by his good friend, journalist, Mr Brett.

Hewitt is usually called in by private individuals when the police have failed to solve a crime. He doesn’t share any deductions or clues with Brett, the police or the reader, so the conclusions of the cases are all the more amazing for that. In one case he does give Brett a hint about a clue (The Case of Mr Foggatt), but it isn’t really a fair one to either Brett or the reader, as, again, we are not privy to all the information Hewitt has. Hewitt’s theory about clues is that “two trivialities, pointing in the same direction, become, at once, by their mere agreement, no trivialities at all, but enormously important considerations”. In “The Case of the Dixon Torpedo”, a sketch would have been very helpful, although it is easy to draw the plan for yourself.

There are a wide range of cases and some of them have good plots and are very clever. An intriguing story causes some harm to Hewitt’s professional reputation (The Stanway Cameo Mystery), while another one is rather a fun read in a way as well as being quite a neat little mystery (The Loss of Sammy Crockett). At the end of each case, Hewitt always discloses how he came to the conclusions he did, and sometimes, investigating one crime, he comes across another one (The Case of the Dixon Torpedo), which is a story I especially enjoyed. The last story (The Affair of the Tortoise) is rather clever, but does include a pejorative word for a black man.

To sum up quite a good collection of short stories, very easy to read, with a very likeable protagonist, and some great characters, and I liked the book enough that I will probably try another of this author’s books.