# Detective Smuff — The House on the Cliff character guide

> Detective Smuff in The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Smuff

**First appearance:** 0005-vi-snackley

## Who they are

A bumbling detective who complicates the case.

## Relationships

### [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/fenton_hardy)

_professional_

Detective Smuff is a local police officer who collaborates with Fenton Hardy on the case.

### [Chief Collig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/chief_collig)

_professional_

Chief Collig is Detective Smuff's superior in the police department.

### [Malloy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/malloy)

_professional_

Malloy is likely a police officer or associate working under Detective Smuff.

### [Chief Collig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/chief_collig)

_professional_

Chief Collig is Detective Smuff's superior in the police department.

### [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/fenton_hardy)

_professional_

Detective Smuff is a local police officer who collaborates with Fenton Hardy on the case.

### [Malloy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/characters/malloy)

_professional_

Malloy is likely a police officer or associate working under Detective Smuff.

## In the story

### [A Plan of Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xiii-a-plan-of-attack)

Accompanies Chief Collig and is equally reluctant to investigate.

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