Herbert Adams (novelist)

For other people named Herbert Adams, see Herbert Adams (disambiguation).

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.

Partial bibliography

• The Body in the Bunker (1935)
• The Chief Witness
• The Colour of Blood
• Death of a Viewer (1958)
• Exit the Skeleton (1952)
• The Judas Kiss (1955)
• One to Play (1949)
• Slippery Dick (1954)
• The Spectre in Brown (1953)
• Diamonds are Trumps
• Welcome home!
• Comrade Jill
• The Writing on the Wall
• Rodger Bennion's Double
• Signal for Invasion
• Death Off The Fairway
• The Old Jew Mystery
• Victory Song
• Four Winds
• Crime Wave at Little Cornford(1948)

External links

• Some of Adams's novels can be found at Project Gutenberg Australia.
• More about Adam's novels at [1]