The Paradise Mystery · Character
Mr. Jettison
A slow, pipe-smoking detective-sergeant who works the Collishaw case from a friendly society's ledger outward, one quiet question at a time.
supporting
Also known as Jettison, Sergeant Jettison, Detective-Sergeant Jettison, XX Jettison
First appearance: i only the guardian
As a supporting figure in The Paradise Mystery, Mr. Jettison is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Detective-Sergeant from Scotland Yard who presents his theory that Brake was robbed of a diagram and murdered.
Jettison is the professional patience in the investigation, a man who settles into the Second Friendly Society's inner office, accepts the best chair, and asks about fifty pounds deposited just before a murder. He trades in 'strictly between our two selves' and lets a talkative secretary do most of the talking, but his questions are aimed. His discovery of Collishaw's sudden windfall is the thread that turns a local death into a case with a payer behind it.
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- Professional
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- Central Investigation Figures
- Protagonist
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- Inspector Mitchington
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- Mary Bewery
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- Mary Bewery
social · ambivalent
- Inspector Mitchington
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- Mary Bewery
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See Mr. Jettison in i only the guardian