Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000
by Allen J. Hubin
Addenda to the Revised Edition.

     
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ALFRED, WILLIAM.  1922-1999.  Add as a new author entry.  Longtime professor in medieval studies at Harvard University, specializing in early English literature. 
        -Hogan’s Goat.  New York City: French, 1965.  [Play.]  Setting: New York City, 1890.   TV movie: PBS, 1971 (scw: William Alfred; dir: Glenn Jordan).   “A play in blank verse about the bitter political maneuvering among Irish-Americans in Brooklyn in the late 19th century.”

ALLINGTON, MAYNARD.  1931-  .   Career US Air Force officer, 1951-76, when he became a writer.  Author of three wartime thrillers included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV.  See below.
        The Court of Blue Shadows.  Washington: Brassey’s, hc, 1995.  Updated setting: Europe, past.  “A survivor of the Dachau concentration camp is haunted by his experiences [...] as he searches for retribution.”  [Reviewed in the New York Times.]
          
        The Fox in the Field.  Washington: Brassey’s, hc, 1994.  Setting: India, World War II.   “Derek Carr, a gambler and former arms smuggler blackmailed into working for British intelligence.”
        The Grey Wolf.  Warner, pb, 1986.  [Corrected date.]  Setting: Russia, World War II.   “A thrilling tale of a British agent and his involvement in a military coup against Stalin, based on actual events in the USSR in 1942.”

ANDERSON, DON. 1931-  .   Add as a new author entry.  BBC national and international television news reporter; left to form his own media, communications and web company in the 1990s.
        Heatshield.  Pan, UK, pb, 1990.   Setting: Ireland, future.  “On a secret mission in the Russian space shuttle, a cosmonaut is forced into a crash landing off the coast of Ireland.”

ANDERSON, DON.  1931-  .   [Note that though they share the same name and year of birth, this is not the same author as the one above.]  Author of one novel included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV.  See below.
        The Price We Pay...  Washington: Ye Galleon Press, hc, 1998.  [Corrected spelling of publisher.]  Setting: Seattle WA.

ANDERSON, LINDA.  1949-  .  Add as a new author entry.   Member of the English Department of The Open University as Reader in Creative Writing, previously at Lancaster University.
        -To Stay Alive.  Bodley Head, UK, hc, 1984.  Setting: Belfast, Northern Ireland.  “Set in the bleak months before the 1979 Republican hunger strike in Long Kesh prison.”  Short listed for the Higham and Sinclair Prizes.
     
ANDERSON, LINDA (née KIRCHMAN).   [Noted here to distinguish her entry from that of the author above.]  Add maiden name.  Author of two romantic suspense novels included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV.  See below.
        The Secrets of Sadie Maynard.  Pocket, pb, 1999.  Setting: West Virginia.   [Photojournalist Memphis Maynard returns to her West Virginia hometown to solve the 1936 murder of her grandmother, Sadie Maynard.]
 
        When Night Falls.  Pocket, pb, 2000.  Setting: North Carolina.   [Former prosecutor Lannie Sullivan in reclusion is stalked by a rapist recently released from jail.]

ARCHER, DANIEL.  Add as a new author entry.  Playwright.  See: Walter Bullock, 1907-1953.

BAKER, KEITH.  1945-  .   Journalist and broadcaster in Northern Ireland; plays bass guitar in a rock band.  Author of four contemporary thrillers cited in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, including the one below.
        Inheritance.  Headline, UK, hc, 1996.  Morrow, US, hc, 1998.  Corrected setting: Northern Ireland, future.   [The novel takes place 20 years after a horrific murder ends the Troubles; winner of a WH Smith Fresh Talent Award in 1996.]

BANKS, LYNNE REID.  1929-  .   Best-selling author for children and for adults, with over 40 to her credit.  An actress in the 1950s; later one of the first women TV reporters for the BBC.  Married Chaim Stephenson in 1965; presently lives in Dorset.  The following constitutes her complete entry in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, adding the title indicated by the asterisk (*).
        The Killer Dies Twice.  Deane, UK, pb, 1956.  [3-act play]
        (*)  -Maura’s Angel.  Dent, UK, hc, 1984.  Avon, US, hc, 1998.  Setting: Belfast.  [Intended for younger readers.]  “A touching portrait of growing up amid the upheavals in Belfast.”

BECKETT, MARY. 1926-    . Ref: CA.
        -Give Them Stones. Bloomsbury pb, 1987; Morrow, 1987 [Belfast]

BEECHER, SEAN
        -The Fastnet File. Goldy Angel (Ireland), 1997 [Ireland]

BENNETT, RONAN
    The Second Prison. [Northern Ireland, London]
  
BLAIR, ALMA. Wife of Clifford Blair, 1953-2004, q.v.

BLAIR, CLIFFORD. 1953-2004. Husband of Alma Blair, q.v.
    Assault on El Tigre. Avalon, 1991
    A Covenant with Life. Magnificat pb, 1987

BLAKE, PHILIPPA
    -Looking Out. Bodley Head, 1989 [England]
    -Waiting for the Sea to Be Blue. Orion, 1996 [England]

BLAKE, ROGER
    Commie Sex Trap. Boudoir, 1963

BOLGER, DERMOT
    -The Journey Home. Viking (London), 1990 [Dublin]

BOOTH, CLARE
    Margin for Error. (2-act play.)

BRADBY, TOM
    Shadow Dancer. [Belfast]

BRESLIN, THERESA. Ref: CA.
    -Death or Glory Boys. Methuen, 1996

BRIDIE, JAMES. Pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor, 1888-1951.
    The Anatomist and other plays. Constable, 1931; Smith, 1931  Plays (at least that marked * is criminous): The Amazed Evangelist \ *The Anatomist \ Tobias and the Angel

BULLOCK, WALTER.  1907-1953.   Add as a new author entry.
        Mr. Barry’s Etchings, with Daniel Archer.  Dramatists, pb, 1950.  [3-act play]  “Judson Barry is an enthusiastic etcher, and as a pastime had made a marvelous imitation of a $50 bill.”  First presented at the Forty-Eighth Street Theatre, New York City, on January 31, 1950; produced on TV for Kraft Television Theatre, September 3, 1952.

BURDEN, PETER. 1948-    .
    Warrior’s Son. NEL, 1990

CAMACHO
    Blood and Bone. [Washington D.C., Baltimore]

CHAPLIN, MICHAEL. 1951-    .
    Act of Betrayal. Corgi, 1988 [Australia, Northern Ireland] (Novelization of TV movie: Australian Broadcasting, 1988; scw: Michael Chaplin, Nick Evans; dir: Lawrence Gordon Clark.)

CLARKE, SHAUN
    -Behind Iraqi Lines. 22 Books pb, 1993 [Iraq]
    -Counterinsurgency in Aden. 22 Books pb, 1994 [Aden]
    -Death on Gibraltar. 22 Books pb, 1994 [Gibraltar]
    -The Desert Raiders. 22 Books pb, 1994 [North Africa, 1941]
    -Dragon Light. PB (London, 1997 [Iraq]
    -The Embassy Siege. 22 Books pb, 1994 [London, 1980]
    The Exit Club.  (Adding the “The.)
    Green Light. [Northern Ireland]
    -Guerrillas in the Jungle. 22 Books pb, 1993 [Malaya, 1952]
    -Headhunters of Borneo. 22 Books pb, 1994 [Borneo]
    -Heroes of the South Atlantic. 22 Books pb, 1993 [Falkland Islands]
    -Night Fighters in France. 22 Books pb, 1994 [France, WWII]
    Red Hand. [Belfast]
    -SAS–Into Vietnam. 22 Books pb, 1995 [Saigon, 1966]
    -Secret War in Arabia. 22 Books pb, 1993 [Oman]
    -Sniper Fire in Belfast. 22 books pb, 1993 [Belfast, 1976]
    Terrorism on the North Sea. 22 Books pb, 1995 [ship]

COCHRAN, JOSEPH. See: Ronald Dawson.

COFFIN, GEOFFREY
    The Forgotten Fleet Mystery. Co-author: Albert Hayward Young-O’Brien, 1898-1983.  (Correction.)
    Murder in the Senate. Co-author: Helen Brawner

COTTRELL, ROGER
    -The Orpheus Programme. Minerva pb, 1994
     Tiananmen Square. Minerva pb, 1997 [China, Hong Kong]

COUNTRYMAN, ALBERT J. (JR.). 1957-    .
    -The Streets of Derry. (Author) pb (New Jersey), 1986 [Northern Ireland]

CRAWFORD, RICHARD
    Fall When Hit. [Northern Ireland]
    The Minstrel Boy. [Northern Ireland]

CUNNINGHAM, PETER
    Who Trespass Against Us. [Northern Ireland]

DANIEL, JAMES. SC: Richard Norris = RN.
    Out of the Strong.  RN
    They Told Me You Were Dead. Pan, 1994 RN [Belfast]
   
DAVIS, MURRAY
    The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sands. [Northern Ireland]

DAVIS, OWEN (GOULD)
    The Donovan Affair. (3-act play.)

DAWSON, RONALD
    Murder Is a Matter of Opinion, with Joseph Cochran. Performance, 1973 (Play.) [academia]

DILLON, MARTIN
    The Serpent’s Tail. [Belfast]

DONNELLY, JOE
    The Shee. Century, 1992 [Ireland]

DOUGHTY, LOUISE
    -Crazy Paving. Touchstone (London), 1995

DOUGLAS, JAMES
    The Clearing. Perfect Publishing (Melbourne), 1994

DUFFAUD, BRIEGE. Born in Northern Ireland; living in Brittany.
    -A Wreath Upon the Dead. Poolbeg (Dublin), 1993 [Northern Ireland]

DUNCAN, W(ILLIAM) MURDOCH
    The Hooded Man. Add SC: Insp. Laurie Hume

DUNNE, COLIN
    Ratcatcher. [Ireland]

EICKHOFF, RANDY LEE. SC: Con Edwards = CE.
    The Gombeen Man.  CE [Northern Ireland]
    A Hand to Execute.  CE

ERSKINE, MARGARET.  Margaret Wetherby Williams, 1901-1984.

FAULKNER, FLORENCE (OSTERN)
    -A Challenge for Two. Avalon, 1982
    -Clue to Romance. Avalon, 1976
    -House of Hostile Women. Avalon, 1978
    -Magic Legacy. Avalon, 1984
    Season of Deception. Avalon, 1981 [San Francisco]
    -Three Little Words. Avalon, 1976
    -Tomorrow’s Dreams. Avalon, 1987 [San Francisco]

FAULKNER, WILLIAM. SC: Gavin Stevens = GS.
    Doctor Martino and other stories. Smith & Haas, 1934. British title: Collected Stories (Volume 3). Chatto, 1958 ss (at least those marked * are criminous): Beyond \ Black Music \ Death Drag \ Doctor Martino \ Elly \ Fox Hunt \ Honor \ The Hound* \ Leg \ Mountain Victory \ *Smoke (GS) \ There Was a Queen \ Turn About \ Wash

GADNEY, REG(INALD JOHN)
    Just When We Are Safest. [London]

GARNET, JAY
    Kidnap the Emperor. 22 Books pb, 1994 [Ethiopia, 1975]

GIBSON, ELIZABETH. 1949-    . Ref: CA.
    -The Water Is Wide. Zondervan, 1984; Hodder pb, 1985 [Northern Ireland]

GILLETTE, WILLIAM (HOOKER)
    Secret Service.  (4-act play.)
 
GOULD, LOIS
    No Brakes. [Northern Ireland]

HANNA, EDWARD B. 1935-2008.

HARRIS, MARK JAMES
    -My Sweet Irish Rose. Minerva, 1998 [Northern Ireland]

HEALY, DERMOT. 1947-    . Ref: CA.
    -Fighting with Shadows; or, Sciamachy. Allison, 1984 [Northern Ireland]

HEGARTY, DAVID
    Short Storm. Emperor pb (Ireland), 1991

HIGGINS, JACK
    Drink with the Devil [Northern Ireland]
    Thunder Point. [England, Caribbean]

HILL, NIKI
    -Death Grows on You. [Northern Ireland]

HILL, PATRICK. See: Simon Weston, 1961-    .

HOLLAND, JACK
    Walking Corpses. Torc pb (Dublin), 1994

HOWLEY, HENRY J(OHN). 1939-    .
    The Making of an Assassin.  Florida: Dart pb, 1992
 
HUNTER, ALAN
    Gently Go Man. TV movie: BBC, 2007, as George Gently (scw; Peter Flannery; dir: Euros Lyn)

HURD, DOUGLAS
    The Shape of Ice.  Add [London]

HUTSON, SHAUN
    -Renegades. Macdonald, 1990 [Belfast]

HYNES, JAMES
    The Wild Colonial Boy. [Northern Ireland]

JEROME, HELEN B(RUTON). 1883-    .
    Charlotte Corday. Hamilton, 1937 (3-act play.)

JONES, RUSSELL CELYN
    -Soldiers and Innocents. Cape, 1990

KENNEDY, JAMES
    Silent City. Heinemann, 1998 [England]

KELLY, TIM J.
    Merry Murders at Montmarie. [Switzerland]

KIPPAX, FRANK
    Other People’s Blood [Northern Ireland]

KIRCHMAN, LINDA.  Pseudonym: Linda Anderson

LANG, (ALEXANDER) MATHESON
    The Purple Mask. [Paris, 1803]  (Adapted from play “Le Chevalier au Masque” by Paul Armont and Jean Manoussi; see also Louise Jordan Miln.)

LEATHER, STEPHEN
    The Chinaman. [Northern Ireland]

LEINSTER, COLIN. 1939-    . Editor of Corporate Board Member magazine.
    -The Outsider. NEL pb, 1980 [Northern Ireland] Film: Cinematic Arts, 1980 (scw & dir: Tony Luraschi)

LORD, GABRIELLE (CRAIG)
    Whipping Boy. Film: JNP Films, 1996 (scw: Peter Yeldham; dir: Di Drew)
 
LORD, SHELDON
    A Diet of Treacle; see Pads Are for Passion
    -Pads Are for Passion. Beacon, 1961. Also published as: A Diet of Treacle. Hard Case pb, 2008, as by Lawrence Block [New York City]

McCAFFREY K(EVIN) T.
    Killing Time. [Dublin]
    Revenge. [Dublin]

McCALLION, HENRY
    Double Kill. [Belfast]

McELDOWNEY, EUGENE
    The Sad Case of Harpo Higgins. [Dublin]

McGEOUGH, GERRY. 1958-    .
    The Defenders. Seesvu (Ireland), 1998 [Northern Ireland]

McKEON, JAMES
    -Operation Pontiff. Acord pb (Ireland), 1994 [Northern Ireland]

McKINTY, ADRIAN. 1967-    . Ref: CA.
    Orange Rhymes with Everything. Morrow, 1997 [New York City, Northern Ireland]

MacLAVERTY, BERNARD. 1942-    . Ref: CA.
    -Cal. Cape, 1983; Braziller, 1983 [Northern Ireland] Film: Warner, 1984 (scw: Bernard MacLaverty; dir: Pat O’Connor)

McMAHON, BLAIR
    Nights in Armour. Ulster Society pb (Northern Ireland), 1993 [Northern Ireland]

MACMULLAN, CHARLES W. KIRKPATRICK. 1889-1973. Pseudonym: C. K. Munro, q.v.

MacNAUGHT, THOMAS P. Sometimes given as: McNAUGHT, THOMAS P.

MacNAUGHTON, DON. Born in Canada; living in England.
    -They Stayed a Soldier. Galago (England), 1986 [Northern Ireland]

MADDEN, DEIRDRE. 1960-    . Ref: CA.
    -Hidden Symptoms. Faber pb, 1988; Atlantic Monthly, 1986 [Belfast, 1969]

MAHONEY, DAN
    Once In, Never Out.  Add [Iceland]

MAVOR, OSBORNE HENRY. 1888-1951. Pseudonym: James Bridie, q.v.
 
MICHAELS, S(ARAH) J. Byline also: Sarah Michaels, q.v.

MICHAELS, SARAH. Byline also: S. J. Michaels, q.v.
    Summary Justice. [Northern Ireland, 1982]

MILNE, JOHN
    -Tyro. [Northern Ireland]

MINER, VALERIE
    -Blood Sisters. St. Martin’s, 1982; Women’s Press pb, 1981

MORNIN, DANIEL
    All Our Fault. [Belfast]

MORRISON, DANNY. 1953-    .
    -West Belfast. Mercier (Dublin), 1989; Roberts Rinehart, 1995 [Belfast]
    The Wrong Man. Mercier (Dublin), 1997; Roberts Rinehart, 1997 [Northern Ireland]

MUNRO, C. K. Pseudonym of Charles W. Kirkpatrick Macmullan, 1889-1973.
    At Mrs. Beam’s. Collins, 1923; Knopf, 1923 (3-act play.)

NEWMAN, G(ORDON) F(RANK)
    The Testing Ground. [Northern Ireland]

O’CALLAGHAN, GARETH. 1961-    .
    Dare to Die. Poolbeg (Dublin), 1996 [London, Dublin]

O’RIORDAN, KATE
    -Involved. Flamingo pb, 1995 [Ireland]

PARKER, ROBERT (BOGARDUS). Born in Newark, New Jersey; educated at Union College, Schenectady, New York; newspaperman with the New York Journal; then foreign correspondent for Associated Press, headquartered in Paris and later in Budapest; lastly United Nations bureau chief for the New York Daily News.
    Headquarters Budapest.  Delete (nonfiction)

PARKES, W(ILLIAM) KINETON. 1865-1938.
    -Potiphar’s Wife. Milne, 1908 [England]
 
PATTERSON, GLENN. 1961-    . Ref: CA.
    -Black Night at Big Thunder Mountain. Chatto, 1995 [Paris]
    -Burning Your Own. Chatto, 1988 [Belfast, 1969]

PINERO, ARTHUR WING. 1855-1934.
    -The Magistrate. Heinemann, 1892; U.S. Book Co., 1892 (3-act play.)

PIRANDELLO, LUIGI. 1867-1936.
    No One Knows How. French (NYC), 1949 (Play; translation of “Non Si Sa Come.” Milan, 1936.)

POWER, M(AURICE) S(TEPHEN)
    A Darkness in the Eye. [Northern Ireland]
    Lonely the Man Without Heroes. [Belfast]

RANSLEY, PETER
    The Price. [Northern Ireland] (Novelization of TV movie: Astramead, 1985; scw: Peter Ransley; dir: Peter Smith.)

RENWICK, ALY [ALISTAIR]
    -Last Night Another Soldier. Information on Ireland (London), 1989 [Northern Ireland]

RICE, DAVID
    -Blood Guilt. Blackstaff (Belfast), 1994; Dufour pb, 1995

RICE, ELMER L(EOPOLD)
    Cock Robin.  (3-act play.)
    -Cue for Passion. Dramatists, 1959 [California] (5-scene play.)
    Flight to the West. Coward, 1941 [airplane] (7-scene play.)

ROLLAND, ROMAIN. 1866-1944.
    -The Wolves. Random, 1937. British title: Hungry Wolves. Blackie, 1966 (3-act play.)  (Translation of “Les Loups.” Paris, 1898.)

ROONEY, SEAN. 1958-    .
    -Early Many a Morning. Brandon (Ireland), 1994 [Northern Ireland]

ROYCE, KENNETH
    A Wild Justice. Add U.S. edition: Chivers, 1992

RUELL, PATRICK
    The Only Game. [Northern Ireland]
 
RYAN, CHRIS
    Stand By, Stand By. Century, 1997 SC: Geordie Sharp [Belfast]
    Zero Option. Correct setting to: [London, Iran]

SEAY, JAMES L.
    Happy Haunting. Performance, 1973 (Play.)
         
SEWELL, RAS. 1944-    . Pseudonym: Ron Sewell, q.v.
    A Basketful of Sleepers. Pentland (Edinburgh), 1994

SEWELL, RON. Pseudonym of Ras Sewell, 1944-    , q.v.
    The Angel Makers. Apollonia pb (Edinburgh), 1998

SEYMOUR, (WILLIAM HERSHEL KEAN) GERALD
    Field of Blood. [Belfast]
    The Journeyman Tailor. [Northern Ireland]

SHAW, ROBERT (ARCHIBALD)
    -The Man in the Glass Booth. Play version: Samuel French, 1968

SILVA, DANIEL
    The Marching Season. [Northern Ireland]

STEINBECK, JOHN (ERNST), (JR.).  1902-1968.  Ref: CA
    -Of Mice and Men. Covici-Friede, 1937; Heinemann, 1937 [California] 3-act play version: Covici-Friede, 1937. Film: United Artists, 1939 (scw: Eugene Solow; dir: Lewis Milestone). Also: MGM, 1992 (scw: Horton Foote; dir: Gary Sinise). TV movie: ABC, 1968. Also: Metromedia, 1981 (scw: Eugene Solow; dir: Reza Badiyi)

STRONG, TERENCE
    Whisper Who Dares. [Northern Ireland]

SULLIVAN, MARY ANN. 1954-    . Ref: CA.
    Child of War. Holiday House (NYC), 1984 [Belfast]
 
TANGUAY, MARY. Born in Ireland
    Run with the Hare. Coram (Ottawa), 1983 [Ireland]
   
THOMAS, DAVID M.
    Anger’s Violin. Mount Eagle pb (Ireland), 1998 [Europe]

TINSLEY, REBECCA
    The Judas File.  Add U.S. edition: Trafalgar Square pb, 1997 [Belfast, London]

VANARDY, VARICK
    Something Doing. (The three novelets were titled in their original magazine publications as: Something Doing \ The Chap in the Inverness Cape \  Crewe Goes to Washington.) 
    The Two-Faced Man. Fixed up from three novelets: Missing $81,500 \ That Man Crewe \ The Two Crewes (titles from their original magazine publications).
   
WATSON, IAN
    Oracle. Gollancz, 1997 [England]

WESTON, SIMON
    Cause of Death, with Patrick Hill. [Northern Ireland] (Adding co-author.)
    Phoenix, with Patrick Hill. (Adding co-author.)

WHITE, STUART. 1947-    .
    The Shamrock Boy. Bodley Head, 1990 [Ireland] Film: Aegis, 2008 (scw: Stuart White; dir: Ulrich Edel)

WILLIAMS, MARGARET WETHERBY. 1901-1984.

YOUNG, SYLVESTER
    What Goes Around. [Northern Ireland]

YOUNG-O’BRIEN, ALBERT HAYWARD. 1898-1983. See: Geoffrey Coffin.



 


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