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What if the sharpest detective in the room is the man everyone overlooks?
In Arthur Morrison’s The Red Triangle, Martin Hewitt works through six cases of crime, conspiracy and detection in London. Stout, pleasant and easy to overlook, this private investigator relies on patience rather than display. In streets, offices and drawing rooms, he pays attention to the small facts that others miss.
A habit, a timetable, an awkward remark or an object out of place can carry a case. Hewitt treats detection as a trade: he runs an office, takes fees and brings common sense to his work. His friend Brett, a journalist, accompanies him and records the stories, bringing you close to the patient business of finding answers.
What you’ll discover
- An unshowy investigator Meet a pleasant, ordinary-looking professional whose strength lies in watching people closely.
- Clues worth your attention Follow modest details that can matter more than any dramatic discovery.
- London at close quarters Move through streets, offices and drawing rooms where small facts deserve a second look.
- A working detective’s world See investigation as a practical trade, grounded in an office, fees and patient effort.
- Brett beside Hewitt Follow the journalist companion who sets down Hewitt’s cases and shares his investigations.
Who will love it
For readers who love classic detective puzzles, Victorian and Edwardian London, and calm, clever sleuths who solve crimes through observation and attention to small details.
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- Hewitt wins by being ordinary
- Small facts carry the case
- Detection is a trade with partners
- A rival to Holmes that still reads well
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Il Triangolo Rosso
by Arthur Morrison · 1903
In London's streets, offices and drawing rooms, Martin Hewitt follows small clues to unlock criminal cases.
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The Red Triangle is a book of detective stories by Arthur Morrison, published in 1903. It belongs to his series about Martin Hewitt, a private investigator who works in London at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Hewitt wins by being ordinary
Martin Hewitt is built as the opposite of the brilliant eccentric. He is stout, pleasant and easy to overlook. People tend to talk freely to him because he does not look like a threat.
Morrison treats this as a real professional skill. A detective who seems unremarkable can walk into a house, a shop or a club and be taken for a friendly visitor. The ease he creates helps him gather facts that a more dramatic figure would never be told.
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What is The Red Triangle by Arthur Morrison about?
It is a book of detective stories about Martin Hewitt, a private investigator in London. Morrison follows his careful, patient methods as he solves crimes through observation, conversation and attention to small details.
Who is Martin Hewitt?
Martin Hewitt is Arthur Morrison's private detective, created in the 1890s. He is a calm, ordinary looking professional, often accompanied by his friend Brett, a journalist who tells the stories.
Is Martin Hewitt like Sherlock Holmes?
He was written in the same era to meet the same demand, but he is quieter. Hewitt relies on manner, patience and plain reasoning rather than eccentric brilliance or showy displays.
The author
Arthur Morrison
1863–1945 · English novelist and journalist
Arthur Morrison (1863–1945) was an English writer and journalist. He was born in Poplar, London, and later lived in Essex and Buckinghamshire. He wrote novels and detective stories. His books include Martin Hewitt, Investigator (1894), The Dorrington Deed-Box (1897), and The Hole in the Wall (1902). He died in Chalfont St Peter.
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