S3E6 Hewitt & the Lenton Croft Robberies

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For. I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery, murder, and mayhem. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes. This is Season 3, Enter the Detective. This season contains adaptations of the first cases for detectives. Some will be characters from book, screen, and stage. Others will be lesser known but with great stories that we hope you give a try.  Episode 6 is about about greed, cleverness, and patience. This is Hewitt & the Lenton Croft Robberies. A lightly edited version of The Lenton Croft Robberies by Arthur Morrison. ** Note: If you listened to the episode before this and thought "hmmm, I thought I just heard #7" you have passed the attention test and are totally sane. I cannot say the same for me, as I mixed up the episodes and recorded them in the wrong order. Oops. I hope you enjoy Martin Hewitt. TG**Partonize our Supports!Support comes in many shapes and sizes. Good advice. Mutual promotion. Partner in crime. Support those that are helping us grow. All Due Respect, an imprint of Down & Out Books. All Due Respect has brought you low-life literature since 2010. Beginning as a web-zine, ADR published down and dirty novellas, novels, and short story collections from the best writers in crime fiction. Discover how low you can go at https://allduerespectbooks.com/ ** Another note: All Due Respect is published by Chris Rhatigan, who also edits my books. Chris knows his stuff when it comes to mysteries and thrillers, low-life and other wise. https://chrisrhatiganediting.com/ Sharp Knives & Loud Guns From publisher All Due Respect. Sharp Knives & Loud Guns is the brand new collection of Paignton Noir Case Files from cult crime writer Tom Leins, featuring the novelettes Slug Bait, Smut Loop and Sweating Blood. In these violent misadventures private investigator Joe Rey is forced to confront his dark past – if he still wants to have a future. Things are about to get very bloody, very quickly… Tom’s Website: Things to do in Devon when your dead Amazon link to Buy Tom’s BooksSuicide Squeeze by TG Wolff (That’s me!) Mystery lovers! The 2nd in my Diamond series, Suicide Squeeze, is available. Diamond wanted ten minutes of peace and quiet. She got an incessant doorbell pressed by a gorgeous blonde holding a note compelling Diamond’s help. The blonde had a story, the “no one believes my perfect husband’s been kidnapped” kind. Eyeroll. Diamond slid the safety on the gun and climbed out of the bathtub. Dying would have to wait. Put Suicide Squeeze on the top of your reading stack. From your favorite book seller.  Amazon link to Suicide SqueezeEpisode MaterialsThere are several places where you can find the original. Gutenberg is one of them. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11252About Arthur Morrisonhttps://arthurmorrisonsociety.vpweb.co.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Morrisonhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-MorrisonAbout Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis makes Covid look like a walk in the park. This is some crazy history.https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-tb-was-a-death-sentence-an-excerpt-from-the-remedyhttps://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htmlhttps://tbfacts.org/history-tb/Cast of characters Mr. Vernon Lloyd, secretary to Sir James Norris Mr. Martin Hewitt, our hero Sir James Norris, Baronet and owner of Lenton Croft. Mrs. Heath, the first victim. Her gold and pearl bracelet was stolen. Mrs. Armitage, the second victim. A single brooch pin was stolen Dora, Sir James’ niece, who can’t seem to remember a thing Sir James Daughter, who we never meet but hear about Mrs. Cazenove, Sir James’ sister-in-law, the last victim The Groom, who had the dog Hewitt likes After the Story That wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Become a member of our Body Bag Brigade by financially supporting this season with a one-time donation. Pay what you can. Information is in the show notes and on our website TGWolff.com/Podcast. DONATE HERE Mysteries to Die For is written by TG Wolff with contribution from Jack Wolff. The Lenton Croft Robberies by Arthur Morrison and edited by TG Wolff. Music and production and by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff.