# Mr. Jettison — The Paradise Mystery character guide

> Mr. Jettison in The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jettison, Sergeant Jettison, Detective-Sergeant Jettison, XX Jettison

**First appearance:** 0000-i-only-the-guardian

## Snapshot

A slow, pipe-smoking detective-sergeant who works the Collishaw case from a friendly society's ledger outward, one quiet question at a time.

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Inspector Mitchington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/inspector_mitchington)

_professional_

Inspector Mitchington questions Mr. Jettison as a potential suspect or witness in the case.

### [Mary Bewery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/mary_bewery)

_social_

Mary has a distant, wary acquaintance with Mr. Jettison, a mysterious figure in the community.

### [Inspector Mitchington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/inspector_mitchington)

_professional_

Inspector Mitchington questions Mr. Jettison as a potential suspect or witness in the case.

### [Mary Bewery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/mary_bewery)

_social_

Mary has a distant, wary acquaintance with Mr. Jettison, a mysterious figure in the community.

### [Inspector Mitchington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/inspector_mitchington)

_professional_

Inspector Mitchington questions Mr. Jettison as a potential suspect or witness in the case.

### [Mary Bewery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/characters/mary_bewery)

_social_

Mary has a distant, wary acquaintance with Mr. Jettison, a mysterious figure in the community.

## In the story

### [XVII: To Be Shadowed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-to-be-shadowed)

Detective-Sergeant from Scotland Yard who presents his theory that Brake was robbed of a diagram and murdered.

### [Surprise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-surprise)

Detective-Sergeant Jettison accompanies Mitchington to Bryce's house, observes Bryce's calm demeanor, and suspects collusion between Harker and Bryce.

### [XX: Jettison Takes a Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_paradise_mystery_se/chapters/xx-jettison-takes-a-hand)

Conducts investigation into Collishaw's finances, visits the Friendly Society and banks, and receives Ransford's telegram.

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