Arthur J(ohn) Rees (1872-1942) was an Australian journalist and author. He was born in Melbourne and went to England in his early twenties. His proficiency as a writer of crime mystery stories is attested by Sayers, Dorothy L in the introduction to Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1928). His serial characters are David Colwyn, Colvin Grey and Insp. Luckraft and the stories are set mostly in England.

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The Hand in the Dark, The Moon Rock and The Shrieking Pit can be downloaded at Gutenberg

Bibliography

The Hampstead Mystery (1916) co-written with Watson, John R

The Mystery of the Downs (1918) co-written with Watson, John R

The Shrieking Pit (1919)

The Hand in the Dark 1920)

The Moon Rock (1922)

Island of Destiny (1923)

Cup of Silence (1924)

The Threshold of Fear (1925)

Simon of Hangletree (1926)

The Unquenchable Flame (1926)

The Finger of Death (1926)

Greymarsh (1927)

The Pavilion by the Lake (1930)

The Brink (1931)

The Swaying Rock (1931)

Tragedy at Twelvetrees (1931)

Investigations of Colwyn Grey (1932)

The River Mystery (1932)

Aldringham’s Last Chance (1933)

Peak House (1933) aka Mystery at Peak House

The Flying Argosy (1934)

The Corpse That Travelled (1938)

The Single Clue (1940)