The Mystery Of The Red Triangle

Hashknife Hartley

by W.C. Tuttle

A crude triangle in red is the mark on Barney Ellis, found murdered. Tuck, a part-Indian cowboy, who is Barney's bunky, swears vengeance. But the red triangle appears again and yet again and again.

It is not until Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens come to town that a way is found to solve the mystery. The way Hashknife does it is characteristic of his methods; but the result is startling and unexpected.

Along with the excitement that goes along with the struggle for a solution of the mystery is just the kind of characterization and humor that Tuttle readers most enjoy.

166 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

W. C. Tuttle (Wilbur Coleman Tuttle) was an American writer, almost all of which were westerns. His best known character was Hashknife Hartley, who along with his friend Sleepy Stevens, served as unofficial detectives solving crimes on the ranches where they worked as cowboys.

He was also a screenwriter hailing back to the silent era. He wrote the screenplays for 52 films between 1915 and 1945.

A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Tuttle served as President of the Pacific Coast Baseball League 1935-1943.[1] Tuttle recommended to the Los Angeles Angels that the team should ask Gene Lillard to join them.