author
Stuart Martin
b. 1882
A Scottish journalist and storyteller, he wrote brisk, suspenseful fiction ranging from boys' adventures to crime and mystery novels. His work has a lively, old-fashioned energy that still makes for an entertaining listen.
3 Audiobooks
Only seven were hanged
by Stuart Martin
The fifteen cells
by Stuart Martin
About the author
Born in the early 1880s and active in the first half of the 20th century, Stuart Martin was a Scottish journalist and author. Reference sources describe him as a writer of fiction for boys as well as mystery and suspense tales, with his career becoming visible from around 1919 onward.
His books include Pirates of the Main, Only Seven Were Hanged, The Fifteen Cells, and The Trial of Scotland Yard. That mix of adventure and crime suggests a writer who was comfortable building tension, delivering strong plots, and keeping readers moving from one chapter to the next.
Some catalog records list him as born in 1882, while other reference material gives 1881 and notes that he died in 1947. Because the surviving information is a little inconsistent, the safest picture is of a Scottish popular author of the interwar years whose stories were aimed at readers looking for action, intrigue, and a memorable puzzle.