The Door with Seven Locks · Character
Dick Martin
A young detective with a cracksman's instincts, he can pick most locks but knows he's beaten by the seven sealing the Sellforde tomb.
major
Also known as Dick, Martin, Richard Martin, Inspector Richard Martin, Sub-Inspector Richard Martin
First appearance: The Door with Seven Locks
As a major figure in The Door with Seven Locks, Dick Martin is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Investigates the door with seven locks and uncovers the secret passage.
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Dick Martin enters the Selford affair as a man who understands locks and liars alike, hired to trace a wandering lord but drawn instead to a stone door and a lawyer's evasions. He is quick with a pistol and quicker with…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Romantic
- Rivalry
Character groups
- Protagonist
- Selford Estate Conspirators
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the discovery of the key—the twin to the one locked in the ba…
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- Mr. Havelock
professional · positive
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- Inspector Sneed
professional · positive
- Sybil Lansdown
romantic · positive
- Lord Selford
rivalry · negative
- Lew Pheeney
professional · ambivalent
- Antonio Stalletti
rivalry · negative
- Mrs. Bertram Cody
professional · ambivalent
- Thomas Cawler
professional · negative
- Bertram Cody
professional · positive
- John Pierce
professional · positive
- Slick
professional · ambivalent
- Lord Selford
rivalry · negative
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