Richard Essex (1878-1968) pseudonym of Richard Starr. English author, who wrote stories for the influential paper The Thriller which were recycled as novels. The serial character in the mysteries written under his pseudonym is always Jack Slade of Scotland Yard, formerly John Darrell MP, who drifted into the police force as a road from shame. His recurring adversary is the master-crook Lessinger. The novels written under his real name Richard Starr have no serial characters.

Bibliography

Slade of the Yard (1932)

Slade Scores Again (1933)

Lessinger Comes Back (1935)

The Secret Seven (1935)

Lessinger’s Lapse (1936)

Murder in the Bank (1936)

Marinova of the Secret Service (1937)

Lessinger Laughs Last (1938)

The Mystery of Tornella’s Jewels

Assisted by Lessinger (1939)

The Girl in Black (1966)

as Richard Starr

Married to a Spy (1915)

Mary Elizabeth Adventuress (1932)

Gangster's Girl (1935)