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Aird, Catherine

Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...

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Martin Hewitt

Gender: Male

Private detective and former legal clerk in London around the end of the 19th century. In contrast to the contemporary Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt is ordinary, jovial and social. He has a round, friendly face and behaves like a gentleman towards ladies – although he doesn’t have any closer lady friends. He is a skilled problem-solver and the main character in four books by Arthur Morrison, who...

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