R Philmore (1906-??) was the pseudonym of Herbert Edward Howard, an English writer. He was friends with the author C. P. Snow on whom he modelled his amateur detective C. J. Swan. Better known than his novels is his essay Inquest on Detective Stories (1938).

Bibliography

Journey Downstairs (1934)

Riot Act (1935)

The Good Books (1936)

No Mourning in the Family (1937)

Short List (1938)

Death in Arms (1939)

Procession of Two (1940)