Anniversaries, 1 November
Arthur Morrison
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 his childhood and parents. As a result, little is known about his early life except that he did...
Theme article
History of crime fiction
By: Johan Wopenka
Literary figure
Mordecai Tremaine
Gender: Male
His full name is the grandiose Mordecai Euripides Tremaine, but he himself is a warm-hearted, retired tobacconist and amateur criminologist in London who spends his time reading romantic novels and solving crimes. He stumbles across murders or is drawn into cases by his good friend Jonathan Boyce of Scotland Yard. Francis Duncan (pseudonym for William Underhill) has written five novels about him.