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Morrison, Arthur

Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about...

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Lee Arnold

Gender: Male

A former professional soldier and police officer, who runs a detective agency in the East End of London together with his female assistant, Mumtaz Hakim, who is a Muslim. Lee Arnold is divorced, but doesn’t lack female companions. And besides, he is good at fighting when necessary, according to author Barbara Nadel. But he suffers from painful memories of a father with violent tendencies, a...

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