Herbert Adams (1874-1952) was an English writer of over fifty 'cosy' mystery novels between 1924 and 1958, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray. His first series character was Jimmy Haswell, a London criminal lawyer, who featured in nine books. After some non-series books, including the excellent Body in the Bunker, he introduced his second major series character, Roger Bennion, in the 1936 novel The Old Jew Mystery.
Some of Adams' books are available from Gutenberg Australia.
Bibliography
A Virtue of Necessity (1899)
The Secret of Bogey House (1924)
By Order of the Five (1925)
The Sloane Square Mystery (1925)
Comrade Jill (1926)
The Crooked Lip (1926)
The Queen's Gate Mystery (1927)
The Perfect Round (1927)
The Empty Bed (1928)
Rogues Fall Out (1928)
Caroline Ormsby's Crime (1929)
Oddways (1930)
The Golden Ape (1930)
The Crime in the Dutch Garden (1931)
The Paulton Plot (1932)
The Woman in Black (1933)
The Golf House Murder (1933) aka John Brand's Will
The Knife (1933) aka The Strange Murder of Hatton, K.C
Mystery and Minette (1934)
Fate Laughs (1935)
The Body in the Bunker (1935)
Death off the Fairway (1936)
The Old Jew Mystery (1936)
A Word of Six Letters (1936) aka Murder Without Risk
A Single Hair (1937)
Black Death (1938)
The Damned Spot (1938)
The Nineteenth Hole Mystery (1939)
The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom (1940)
The Chief Witness (1940)
Roger Bennion's Double (1941)
Stab in the Back (1941)
The Araway Oath (1942)
Signal for Invasion (1942)
Victory Song (1943)
The Scarlet Feather (1943)
Four Winds (1944)
The Writing on the Wall (1945)
Diamonds Are Trumps (1947)
Crime Wave at Little Cornford (1948)
One to Play (1949)
The Dean's Daughters (1950)
The Sleeping Draught (1951)
Exit the Skeleton (1952)
The Spectre in Brown (1953)
Slippery Dick (1954)
The Judas Kiss (1955)
Welcome Home! (1956)
Murder Most Just (1956)
Death on the First Tee (1957)
Death Of A Viewer (1958)
As Jonathan Gray
Safety Last (1934)
The Owl (1937)
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