- Anthony Berkeley Cox
Anthony Berkeley Cox (
July 5 ,1893 –March 9 ,1971 ) was an Englishcrime writer . He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.Life
Berkeley was born in
Watford ,England , and educated atSherborne School andUniversity College London . After serving in the Army inWorld War I , he worked as a journalist for many years, contributing to such magazines as "Punch" and "The Humorist". In 1938 he took up book reviewing for "John O'London's Weekly" and the "Daily Telegraph ", writing under his pen name Francis Illes. He also wrote for the "Sunday Times " in the 1940s, and for the "Manchester Guardian", later "The Guardian ", from the mid-1950s until 1970.Novels and stories
Published as by Anthony Berkeley
Novels about Roger Sherringham
* The Layton Court Mystery (1925)
* The Wychford Poisoning Case (1926)
* Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [US title: The Mystery at Lovers' Cave] (1927)
* The Silk Stocking Murders (1928)
*The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
* The Second Shot (1930)
* Top Storey Murder (1931)
* Murder in the Basement (1932)
* Jumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton] (1933)
* Panic Party [US title: Mr Pidgeon's Island] (1934)
* The Roger Sheringham Stories (1994)
* The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook (2004)Other novels
* Professor On Paws (1926)
* Mr Priestley's Problem [US title: The Amateur Crime] (1927)
* The Piccadilly Murder (1929)
* Not to Be Taken [US title: A Puzzle in Poison] (1937)
* Trial and Error (1937)
* Death in the House (1939)
*The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1983) (Originally published inThe Listener (1931) and (1930), both written by members of theDetection Club )Short stories
* Mr Simpson Goes to the Dogs (1934)
* The Policeman Only Taps Once (1936)
* Publicity Heroine (1936)
* Thomas Meagher Eats an Apple (1938)Published as by Francis Iles
Novels
*
Malice Aforethought (1931)
*Before the Fact (1932)
* The Rattenbury Case (1936)
* As For The Woman (1939)Short stories
* Outside the Law (1934)
* Dark Journey (1935)
* It Takes Two to Make a Hero (1943)Novel published as by A. Monmouth Platts
* Cicely Disappears (1927)
ource
* [http://www.detective-fiction.com/anthony-berkeley.htm "Anthony Berkeley - Francis Iles"]
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