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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.
Herbert Adams is the creator of:
1. 'Jimmie Haswell', a lawyer in London.
2. 'Roger Bennion', a golfer and amateur sleuth.
Adams also wrote under the pseudonym 'Jonathan Gray'.
'Jimmie Haswell' Novels:
1) The Secret of Bogey House1924
2) The Crooked Lip1926
3) The Queen's Gate Mystery1927
4) The Empty Bed1928
5) Rogues Fall Out1928
6) The Golden Ape1930
7) The Crime in the Dutch Garden1931
8) The Paulton Plot1932
9) The Woman in Black1933
'Roger Bennion' Novels
1) Death Off the Fairway 1936
2) The Old Jew Mystery1936
3) A Single Hair1937
4) The Bluff 1938
5) The Damned Spot1938
6) Black Death1939
7) The Nineteenth Hole Mystery1939
8) The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom1940
9) The Chief Witness1940
10) Roger Bennion's Double1941
11) Stab in the Back1941
12) The Araway Oath1942
13) Signal for Invasion1942
14) Victory Song1943
15) Four Winds1944
16) The Writing on the Wall1945
17) Diamonds Are Trumps1947
18) Crime Wave at Little Cornford1948
19) One to Play1949
20) The Dean's Daughters1950
21) The Sleeping Draught1951
22) Exit the Skeleton1952
23) The Spectre in Brown1953
24) Slippery Dick1954
25) The Judas Kiss1955
26) Welcome Home!1956
27) Death on the First Tee1957
28) Death of a Viewer1958
Other Novels
1) A Virtue of Necessity1899
2) By Order of the Five1925
3) The Sloane Square Mystery1925
4) Comrade Jill1926
5) The Perfect Round (short stories)1927
6) Caroline Ormsby's Crime1929
7) Oddways1930
8) John Brand's Will (US Title: The Golf House Murder)1933
9) The Knife (US Title: The Strange Murder of Hatton, K.C.)1934
10) Mystery and Minette1934
11) The Body in the Bunker1935
12) Fate Laughs1935
13) A Word of Six Letters (US Title: Murder Without Risk)1936
14) The Scarlet Feather1943
15) Murder Most Just1956
As 'Jonathan Gray'
1) Safety Last1934
2) The Owl1937