Joan Fleming (1908-1980) was born in Lancashire and educated at Lausanne University. She married Norman Bell Beattie Fleming in 1932. The Turkish detective Nuri Bey Izkirlak features in two of her books, When I Grow Rich and Nothing is the Number When You Die. Some of the mysteries have medical themes and The Deeds of Dr Deadcert was made into a film: RX Murder. She won the CWA's Red Herring Award for When I Grow Rich and the Golden Dagger for Young Man I Think You're Dying.

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Two Lovers Too Many (1949)

A Daisy Chain For Satan (1950)

The Gallows in My Garden (1951)

The Man Who Looked Back (1951)

Polly Put the Kettle on (1952)

The Good and the Bad (1953)

He Ought To Be Shot (1955)

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Malice Matrimonial (1959)

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the Chill and the Kill (1964)

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No Bones About It (1967)

Kill Or Cure (1968)

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Dirty Butter For Servants (1972)

Alas Poor Father (1973)

You Won't Let Me Finish (1973)

How To Live Dangerously (1974)

Too Late Too Late the Maiden Cried (1975)

To Make An Underworld (1976)

Every Inch A Lady (1977)

Day of the Donkey Derby (1978)