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Meynell, Laurence

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Laurence MeynellLaurence Meynell (1899-1989) was an English writer, journalist and estate agent who also wrote as Valerie Baxter, Robert Eton, Geoffrey Ludlow and A Stephen Tring. He was born in Wolverhampton Staffordshire and educated at St Edmund's College Hertfordshire. He served in the Artillery during WW1 and the Royal Air Force during WW2. He married Shirley Ruth Darbishire in 1932 and Joan Belfrage in 1936. He wrote many other books including juvenile fiction. His series characters were George Stanhope Berkely and Hooky Heffernan.

 

A memoir and an appreciation of his work can be found here.

 

Laurence Meynell must be the most prolific writer Wolverhampton has ever produced. -- Frank Sharman.

 

Bibliography

Bluefeather (1928)

Death's Eye aka The Shadow and the Stone (1929)

Camouflage aka The Mystery at Newton Ferry (1930)

Asking For Trouble (Short Stories) (1931)

Consummate Rose (1931)

Storm Against the Wall (1931)

The House on the Cliff (1932)

Paid in Full aka So Many Doors (1933)

Watch the Wall aka The Gentlemen Go by (1933)

Odds on Bluefeather (1934)

Third Time Unlucky! (1935)

On the Night of the 18th (1936)

The Door in the Wall (1937)

The House in the Hills (1937)

The Dandy (1938)

The Hut (1938)

And Be A Villain (1939)

His Aunt Came Late (1939)

The Creaking Chair (1941)

The Dark Square (1941)

Strange Landing (1946)

The Evil Hour (1947)

The Bright Face of Danger (1948)

The Echo in the Cave (1949)

The Lady on Platform One (1950)

Party of Eight (1950)

The Man No One Knew (1951)

Danger Round the Corner (1952)

The Frightened Man (1952)

Too Clever by Half (1953)

Give Me the Knife (1954)

Where is She Now? (1955)

Saturday Out (1956)

The Breaking Point (1957)

One Step From Murder (1958)

The Abandoned Doll (1960)

Bandaberry (1960)

The House in Marsh Road (1960)

The Pit in the Garden (1961)

The Dancers in the Reeds (1963)

Sleep of the Unjust (1963)

Virgin Luck (1963)

More Deadly Than the Male (1964)

Scoop (1964)

Break For Summer (1965)

Double Fault (1965)

The Empty Saddle (1965)

Die by the Book (1966)

Shadow in the Sun (1966)

The Suspect Scientist (1966)

The Mauve Front Door (1967)

Death of A Philanderer (1968)

Of Malicious Intent (1969)

The Curious Crime of Miss Julia Blossom (1970)

The Shelter (1970)

Death by Arrangement (1972)

The End of the Long Hot Summer (1972)

A Little Matter of Arson (1972)

A View From the Terrace (1972)

The Fatal Flaw (1973)

The Fortunate Miss East (1973)

The Thirteen Trumpeters (1973)

The Fairly Innocent Little Man (1974)

The Woman in Number Five (1974)

Don't Stop For Hooky Hefferman (1975)

The Footpath (1975)

Hooky and the Crock of Gold (1975)

The Lost Half Hour (1976)

Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon (1977)

Papersnake (1978)

Hooky and the Villainous Chauffeur (1979)

Hooky and the Prancing Horse (1980)

Hooky Goes To Blazes (1981)

The Secret of the Pit (1982)

Silver Guilt (1983)

The Open Door (1984)

The Affair at Barwold (1985)

Hooky Catches A Tartar (1986)

Hooky on Loan (1987)

The Rivals (1987)

Hooky Hooked (1988)

 

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