Kenneth Giles
Kenneth Giles (1922–1974) was a British crime writer. Giles wrote books under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms Charles Drummond[1] and Edmund McGirr.[citation needed]
Giles started as a sporting journalist, and used what he learned there as background for the Drummond novels. The Drummond books star Sgt. Reed, while the McGirr books star a private detective.[citation needed]
In a New York Times review of Death among the Stars, the American crime fiction critic Allen J. Hubin writes "It will be a long while before I have had enough of Mr. Giles."[2] The American critic Anthony Boucher, in a New York Times review of A Provenance of Death, Giles' first novel to be published in the United States, describes the author as "promising", and the novel's detective as a "real working pro".[3]
Incomplete bibliography
[edit]- Some Beasts No More (1965)[4]
- The Big Greed (1966)
- A Provenance of Death (1966)[3]
- The Funeral Was in Spain (1966) (as Edmund McGirr)
- Death at the Furlong Post (1967) (as Charles Drummond)
- Death in Diamonds (1967)[5]
- Death and Mr. Prettyman (1967)[6]
- The Lead-Lined Coffin (1968) (as Edmund McGirr)
- The Odds on Death (1969) (as Charles Drummond)
- Here Lies My Wife (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
- A Hearse with Horses (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
- Death among the Stars (1968)[2]
- Death Cracks a Bottle (1969)[7]
- Death and the Leaping Ladies (1969) (as Charles Drummond)
- An Entry of Death (1969) (as Edmund McGirr)
- A Death in the Church (1970)
- Stab in the Back (1970) (as Charles Drummond)
- Murder Pluperfect (1970)
- No Better Fiend (1971) (as Edmund McGirr)
- A Death at the Bar (1972) (as Charles Drummond)
- The Lead-Lined Coffin (?) (as Edmund McGirr)
- An Entry of Death (?) (as Edmund McGirr)
- Death Pays the Wages (as Edmund McGirr)
- A File on Death (1973)[8][9]
- Bardel's Murder (1973) (as Edmund McGirr)
- A Murderous Journey (1974) (as Edmund McGirr)
References
[edit]- ^ Giles, Kenneth, Virtual International Authority File (accessed 19 November 2024)
- ^ a b Allen J. Hubin (21 December 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR15
- ^ a b Anthony Boucher (12 November 1967). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 364
- ^ Allen J. Hubin (27 October 1968). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR54
- ^ Allen J. Hubin (19 January 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR16
- ^ Allen J. Hubin (16 March 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR62
- ^ Allen J. Hubin (10 May 1970). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 279
- ^ Anatole Broyard (1 August 1973). Reading Between the Murders. The New York Times, p. 37
- ^ Newgate Callendar (1 July 1973). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 238
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