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Rutherford, Douglas

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James Douglas Rutherford McConnell (1914-1988) was a British mystery writer, language teacher and housemaster at Eton College. He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and educated in Yorkshire and at Cambridge. He served in the British Army Intelligence Corps in WWII. He taught modern languages at Eton and joined the Detection Club in 1970.

Under his own name he wrote books of language instruction and some volumes about Eton. His mysteries, written on weekends and during school holidays, usually centre around motor racing. Commercial aviation forms the background of The Perilous Sky (1955). Skin for Skin (1968) is about a perfect robbery, planned by a bitter war veteran Crispin. The plan fails. Crispin kidnaps with Jerry, his young helpmate, a girl, Linda Campbell, because she has seen too much. Jerry falls in love with Linda. An unexpected turn in the story is that Crispin loves also Jerry. The Gilt-Edged Cockpit (1969) focuses on rivaling stables of racing cars, the battle on the courses and behind the scenes. The technical depiction of Formula 1 car, Lotus, Ferrari, and others, shows Rutherford's familiarity with the subject. The story ends in Germany, Nürburgring, where the small English Mascot Motors company wins all Alfa Romeos, Porsches and Ferraris. Clear the Fast Lane (1971) mixes terrorism, Middle East politics and a race against time from London to Saloniki with a super car AC 428.