Brian Flynn (1885-1958), English author and an accountant in government service, a lecturer in elocution and speech, an amateur actor. He wrote about 50 novels, mostly for the library market. His serial character is Anthony Bathurst.
Straight tripe and savorless. It is doubtful, on the evidence, if any of his others would be different. --- Jacques Barzun in A Catalog of Crime
Brian Flynn, another author associated with this period, has long been popular.
The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye, which contains one of the ablest pieces of misdirection one could wish to meet, is in many ways his finest novel.
The Orange Axe and
The Padded Door, both of which belong in essence to this period, are also to be recommended. Mr. Flynn, who is still writing as well as ever, has many novels to his credit. His detective,
Anthony Bathurst, is a pleasant fellow, free from tantalizing mannerisms, yet by no means lacking in personality. ---
Scott, Sutherland in
Blood in Their Ink
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Bibliography
The Billiard-Room Mystery (1927)
The Case of the Black Twenty-Two (1928)
The Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye (1928)
The Five Red Fingers (1929)
Invisible Death (1929)
The Murders Near Mapleton (1929)
The Creeping Jenny Mystery aka The Crime at the Crossways (1930)
Murder En Route (1930)
The Orange Axe (1931)
The Triple Bite (1931)
The Edge of Terror (1932)
The Padded Door (1932)
The Spiked Lion (19339
The Case of the Purple Calf aka The Ladder of Death (1934)
The Horn (1934)
The League of Matthias (1934)
Tragedy at Trinket Nelson (1934)
The Sussex Cuckoo (1935)
Fear and Trembling aka The Somerset Murder (1936)
The Fortescue Candle (1936)
Tread Softly (1937)
Cold Evil (1938)
The Ebony Stag (1938)
Black Edged (1939)
The Case of the Faithful Heart (1939)
The Case of the Painted Ladies (1940)
They Never Came Back (1940)
Such Bright Disguises (1941)
Glittering Prizes (1942)
Reverse the Charges (1943)
The Grim Maiden (1944)
The Case of Elymas the Sorcerer (1945)
Conspiracy at Angel (1947)
Exit Sir John (1947)
The Sharp Quillet (1947)
The Swinging Death (1948)
Men for Pieces (1949)
Black Agent (1950)
And Cauldron Bubble (1951)
Where There Was Smoke (1951)
The Ring of Innocent (1952)
The Running Nun (19529
The Seventh Sign (1952)
Out of the Dusk (1953)
The Doll’s Done Dancing (1954)
The Feet of Death (1954)
The Mirador Collection (1955)
The Shaking Spear (1955)
The Dice Are Dark (1956)
The Toy Lamb (1956)
The Hands of Justice (1957)
The Wife Who Disappeared (1957)
The Nine Cuts (1958)
The Saints Are Sinister (1958)
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