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389:, he wrote a Sherlock Holmes pastiche instead of a biographical sketch. Entitled "How a Hermit was Disturbed in His Retirement," the events of the tale take place in the 1920s as Sherlock Holmes is drawn out of retirement to solve an unusual missing persons case. The story was included in the collection
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Symons published over thirty crime novels and story collections between 1945 and 1994. His works combined elements of both the detective story and the crime novel, but leaned clearly toward the latter, with an emphasis on character and psychology which anticipated later crime fiction writers such as
379:(1975), the detective was "...a television actor, Sheridan Hayes, who wears the mask of Sherlock Holmes and assumes his character. The book neatly reversed the usual theme of the criminal behind the mask by having a rather commonplace man wearing the mask of the great detective." A sequel
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in the US) is one of the best-known critical works in the field of crime fiction. Revised editions were published in 1985, 1992 and finally in 1994. Symons highlighted the distinction between the classic puzzler mystery, associated with such writers as
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in 1937, editing it for two years. His crime writing in the 1930s was incidental; later he became a major crime writer; by using irony, he pointed out the violence hidden in everyday life. His writing advanced beyond the mystery genre.
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Julian Symons was born in London to auctioneer Morris Albert Symons (died 1929), of
Russian-Polish Jewish immigrant parentage, and Minnie Louise (died 1964), née Bull. He was a younger brother, and later the biographer, of writer
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1942 to 1944, when he was invalided out with a non-battle-related arm injury. After a period as an advertising copywriter, he became a full-time writer in 1947. During his career, he won two
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257:. Like his brother, due to the family's straitened financial circumstances, he left school at 14, having attended a "school for backward children" owing to his severe
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Standard, 3 September 1955; solution published on 5 September 1955. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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2300:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Hercule Poirot). Published in a limited edition of 200 copies (1988); and reprinted in
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2162:("Deckchair Detective No. 4"). (London) Evening Standard, 20 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2138:("Deckchair Detective No. 1"). (London) Evening Standard, 16 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
261:. He was subsequently mainly self-educated, whilst working as a typist and clerk for an engineering firm. He founded the poetry magazine
2168:(Deckchair Detective No. 6). (London) Evening Standard, 21 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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2196:. (London) Evening Standard, 11 March to 1 April 1956. Collected in Murder! Murder! as "The Grand National Case" (Francis Quarles)
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333:. His novels tend to focus on ordinary people drawn into a murderous chain of events; the intricate plots are often spiced with
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2208:. (London) Evening Standard, 20 August to 1 October 1956. Collected in Murder! Murder! as "Test Match Murder" (Francis Quarles)
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2202:. (London) Evening Standard, 25 June to 7 July 1956. Collected in Murder! Murder! as "Centre Court Mystery"(Francis Quarles)
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2156:. ("Deckchair Detective No. 5"). (London) Evening Standard, 19 August 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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2150:("Deckchair Detective No. 3"). (London) Evening Standard, 18 August 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2144:("Deckchair Detective No. 2"). (London) Evening Standard, 17 August 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2132:. (London) Evening Standard, 4 May 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! as "The Absent-Minded Professor" (Francis Quarles)
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1926:. (London) Evening Standard, 12 December 1950. Collected in Murder! Murder! and How to Trap a Crook (Francis Quarles)
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2549:. (London) Evening Standard, 27 February to 8 March 1956; solution published on 3 September 1955 (Francis Quarles)
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2190:. (London) Evening Standard, 28 September 1955. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2074:. (London) Evening Standard, 18 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2068:. (London) Evening Standard, 16 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2062:. (London) Evening Standard, 15 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2056:. (London) Evening Standard, 14 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2004:. (London) Evening Standard, 25 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1998:. (London) Evening Standard, 23 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1992:. (London) Evening Standard, 18 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1986:. (London) Evening Standard, 15 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1908:. (London) Evening Standard, 29 September 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1902:. (London) Evening Standard, 19 September 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2174:. (London) Evening Standard, 24 December 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2010:. (London) Evening Standard, 22 December 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1980:. (London) Evening Standard, 8 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1920:. (London) Evening Standard, 28 November 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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2232:. (London) Evening Standard, 3 November 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2226:. (London) Evening Standard, 2 November 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2220:. (London) Evening Standard, 31 October 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2214:. (London) Evening Standard, 30 October 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2090:. (London) Evening Standard, 19 October 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2050:. (London) Evening Standard, 31 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2044:. (London) Evening Standard, 30 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2038:. (London) Evening Standard, 29 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2022:. (London) Evening Standard, 27 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1944:. (London) Evening Standard, 2 February 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1914:. (London) Evening Standard, 29 October 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
412:
In 1941, Symons married
Kathleen Clark; they had a daughter Sarah and a son, Mark. Symons died at his home at
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No. 5). (London) Evening
Standard, 2 September 1955; solution published on 3 September 1955 (Francis Quarles)
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No. 4). (London) Evening
Standard, 1 September 1955; solution published on 2 September 1955 (Francis Quarles)
2084:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 22 October 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1938:. (London) Evening Standard, 1 October 1951. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1896:. (London) Evening Standard, 10 August 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
2244:. (London) Evening Standard, 13 March 1963. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1932:. (London) Evening Standard, 13 March 1951. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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No. 3). (London) Evening
Standard, 31 August 1955; solution published on 1 September 1955 (Francis Quarles)
1974:. (London) Evening Standard, 28 July 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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2250:. (London) Evening Standard, 1 June 1964. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1968:. (London) Evening Standard, 9 July 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
1956:. (London) Evening Standard, 15 May 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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No. 2). (London) Evening
Standard, 30 August 1955; solution published on 31 August 1955 (Francis Quarles)
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No. 1). (London) Evening
Standard, 29 August 1955; solution published on 30 August 1955 (Francis Quarles)
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and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature. He was born in
2108:. (London) Evening Standard, 2 January 1954. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
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1962:. (London) Evening Standard, 25 June 1952. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1442:) Special Edgar Award, 1973; revised in 1985, third revised edition 1992, fourth revised edition 1994.
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Finding aid to Julian Symons papers at
Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Mystery Voices- Interviews with
British Crime Writers, Dale Salwak, Wildside Press, 1991, p. 95
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2016:. (London) Evening Standard, 26 January 1953. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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2126:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 4 February 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2120:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 3 February 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2114:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 2 February 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2102:. (London) Evening Standard, 1 January 1954. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
2096:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 22 October 1953. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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1950:. (London) Evening Standard, 26 March 1952. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
1890:. (London) Evening Standard, 3 August 1950. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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1884:. (London) Evening Standard, 20 July 1950. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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321:, and the more modern "crime novel," which puts emphasis on psychology and motivation.
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2238:. (London) Evening Standard, 30 May to 8 June 1957. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
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Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Story
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The Life of Hercule Poirot: based on the notes of Captain Arthur Hastings
2294:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Inspector Maigret)
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2313:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Philip Marlowe)
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3425:
Julian Symons: A Bibliography with Commentaries and a Personal Memoir
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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History
205:
2288:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Ellery Queen)
26:
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2276:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Miss Marple)
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2282:. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Nero Wolfe)
2080:. (London) Evening Standard, 19 September 1953; also published as
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Agatha Christie: The Art of Her Crimes. The Paintings of Tom Adams
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One Thing They All Said: SUBUD Makes You into a Different Person
3325:. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press.
3248:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 23 September 2004.
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Grimes, Larry (1984). "Julian Symons". In Bargainnier (ed.).
3213:"Julian Symons Is Dead at 82; Author of Stylish Crime Novels"
1840:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook and The Tigers of Subtopia
1815:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook and The Tigers of Subtopia
1724:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1718:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1712:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1706:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1700:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1684:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1678:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1672:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1666:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1660:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
1654:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles)
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1868:, 9 May 1950. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
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2493:. (London) Evening Standard, 19 July 1955 (Francis Quarles)
2028:. (London) Evening Standard, 28 January 1953. Collected in
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2487:. (London) Evening Standard, 6 July 1955 (Francis Quarles)
1531:
Makers of the New: The Revolution in Literature, 1912–1939
306:
Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel
2475:. (London) Evening Standard, 5 May 1952 (Francis Quarles)
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1874:. (London) Evening Standard, 10 July 1950. Collected in
3388:. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 108.
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and The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles)
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Criminal Practices: Symons on Crime Writing 60s to 90s
1412:
Crime and Detection: An Illustrated History from 1840
1828:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook (Francis Quarles)
281:, but was refused by his tribunal. He served in the
3416:Jack Walsdorf and Kathleen Symons, editors (1995).
2268:
The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations
1135:
The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations
51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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416:, in Kent, and was survived by his widow and son.
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3096:). Birmingham Evening Despatch, 16 November 1954
3086:). Birmingham Evening Despatch, 15 November 1954
2583:. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1980
2555:. (London) Evening Standard, 18 to 27 March 1957
1746:. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
1740:. Collected in Murder! Murder! (Francis Quarles)
1690:. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates and
712:
228:; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British
3140:Did Spiritual Exercises Really Cure Eva Barton?
2604:A London Letter: the Wartime Literary Situation
1607:Verdict of Thirteen: a Detection Club Anthology
1558:Portraits of The Missing: Imaginary Biographies
224:(originally Gustave Julian Symons, pronounced
3458:
3136:), Manchester Evening News, 29 September 1955
1631:
373:, as well as a pastiche set in the 1920s. In
3239:"Symons, Julian Gustave (1912–1994), writer"
3110:Kruschev Said 'Come and See What We're Like'
2876:), Manchester Evening News, 23 February 1949
2866:), Manchester Evening News, 16 February 1949
2856:), Manchester Evening News, 15 December 1948
2846:), Manchester Evening News, 17 November 1948
2806:), Manchester Evening News, 17 December 1947
2567:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 25 February 1961
2264:How a Hermit Was Disturbed in His Retirement
3076:), Manchester Evening News, 28 October 1954
3036:), Manchester Evening News, 9 November 1950
3026:), Manchester Evening News, 25 October 1950
3016:), Manchester Evening News, 19 October 1950
2796:), Manchester Evening News, 23 October 1947
2656:), Manchester Evening News, 17 January 1947
2646:), Manchester Evening News, 5 December 1946
2622:). Kenyon Review, Vol. 7 No. 2, Spring 1945
2561:. (London) Evening Standard, 5 October 1957
2481:. Aberdeen Evening Express, 5 February 1954
2367:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2361:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2355:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2349:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2343:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2337:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2331:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2325:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
2319:. Collected in The Man Who Hated Television
1525:Two Brothers. Fragments of a Correspondence
1461:The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of
678:The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple
3931:Writers from the London Borough of Lambeth
3465:
3451:
3126:), Manchester Evening News, 20 August 1955
3070:Dodgers, Scroungers & a Captain at Sea
3006:), Manchester Evening News, 10 August 1950
2906:), Manchester Evening News, 17 August 1949
2816:), Manchester Evening News, 2 January 1948
2786:), Manchester Evening News, 9 October 1947
2776:), Manchester Evening News, 28 August 1947
2766:), Manchester Evening News, 21 August 1947
2756:), Manchester Evening News, 14 August 1947
2606:. Kenyon Review, Vol. 2 No. 2, Spring 1940
2587:
3301:The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3056:), Manchester Evening News, 15 March 1951
2946:), Manchester Evening News, 27 April 1950
2936:), Manchester Evening News, 20 April 1950
2926:), Manchester Evening News, 30 March 1950
2916:), Manchester Evening News, 23 March 1950
2886:), Manchester Evening News, 27 April 1949
2826:), Manchester Evening News, 24 March 1948
2686:), Manchester Evening News, 10 April 1947
2676:), Manchester Evening News, 13 March 1947
1601:Essays & Biographies by A.J.A. Symons
1326:Biography, history and literary criticism
706:A Sort of Virtue: A Political Crime Novel
391:The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
111:Learn how and when to remove this message
3046:), Manchester Evening News, 1 March 1951
2996:), Manchester Evening News, 13 July 1950
2976:), Manchester Evening News, 29 June 1950
2896:), Manchester Evening News, 30 June 1949
2836:), Manchester Evening News, 30 June 1948
2746:), Manchester Evening News, 22 July 1947
2736:), Manchester Evening News, 26 June 1947
2726:), Manchester Evening News, 12 June 1947
2666:), Manchester Evening News, 6 March 1947
2286:Which Expounds the Ellery Queens Mystery
1424:Between the Wars: Britain in Photographs
297:. Symons served as the president of the
3423:Bonnie Allen and John Walsdorf (1996).
3245:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3116:), Manchester Evening News, 31 May 1955
3106:), Manchester Evening News, 12 May 1955
3066:), Manchester Evening News, 3 June 1954
2986:), Manchester Evening News, 6 July 1950
2966:), Manchester Evening News, 11 May 1950
2716:), Manchester Evening News, 29 May 1947
2706:), Manchester Evening News, 22 May 1947
2610:Louis MacNeice: The Artists as Everyman
2428:. Poetry, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940
2422:. Poetry, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940
2416:. Poetry, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940
1619:New Poetry 9, an Arts Council Anthology
385:was written in 1988. For his 1981 book
3966:British Army personnel of World War II
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3320:
3170:. (London) Daily Mail, 14 January 1958
3164:. (London) Daily Mail, 13 January 1958
3158:. (London) Daily Mail, 11 January 1958
3152:. (London) Daily Mail, 4 December 1957
2956:), Manchester Evening News, 4 May 1950
2696:), Manchester Evening News, 2 May 1947
2456:
2452:. Poetry, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942
2446:. Poetry, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942
2440:. Poetry, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942
2434:. Poetry, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942
337:. Novels typical of his style include
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3186:. (London) Daily Mail, 6 October 1977
2469:, 12 September 1950 (Francis Quarles)
1803:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1797:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1791:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1785:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1779:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1773:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1767:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1761:. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia
1576:
1566:(1992) Lurcy Lecture, Amherst College
1542:(1988) Lurcy Lecture, Amherst College
1495:Critical Observations: Diverse Essays
3474:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
3060:Bloomsburyites - They Started It All
3050:The Last of the Edwardian Giants ...
1771:The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
1318:The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds
1314:Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule...?
1220:The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
1067:
49:adding citations to reliable sources
20:
3034:Life, People & Children's Books
2410:. Poetry, Vol. 54 No. 1, April 1939
2292:About Maigret and the Stolen Papers
2248:No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder
1862:The Case of the Frightened Promoter
1589:Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson
936:No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder
778:The Case of the Frightened Promoter
514:
460:
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3373:
3156:Frank Cousins under the Microscope
2870:They Took the Long Jump to Freedom
2274:About Miss Marple and St Mary Mead
1858:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1852:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1846:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1834:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1822:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1809:. Collected in How to Trap a Crook
1801:The Best Chess Player in the World
1403:England's Pride: The Story of the
1248:The Best Chess Player in the World
717:
491:
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3992:
3431:
3211:Lyall, Sarah (23 November 1994).
3120:What It's Like to Be 'On the Run'
2612:. Poetry, Vol. 56 No. 2, May 1940
2311:About the Birth of Philip Marlowe
2306:Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule?
2280:In Which Archie Goodwin Remembers
2242:Art Loving Mr Lister Lands a Fake
1876:The Detections of Francis Quarles
1352:. The Life and Ideas of a Prophet
1297:Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule?
992:Art Loving Mr Lister Lands a Fake
886:The Detections of Francis Quarles
293:and, in 1982, received the MWA's
2850:The Biggest Problem in the World
1308:A Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet
424:
247:
25:
3936:English conscientious objectors
3411:Julian Symons At 80 – A Tribute
3409:Patricia Craig, editor (1992).
2890:These Make Good Holiday Reading
2790:The Traveller on the Dusty Road
2575:Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2404:, Vol. 52 No. 6, September 1938
2258:Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
1638:Strolling in the Square One Day
1145:Was Disturbed in His Retirement
1124:The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small
1100:Strolling in the Square One Day
823:Strolling in the Square One Day
571:
36:needs additional citations for
3971:20th-century English novelists
3956:Cartier Diamond Dagger winners
3348:
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3314:
3285:
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2950:The Man Who Hated the Poor ...
2860:Who Is Our Best Read Novelist?
2730:Last Bends and Final Straights
1850:The Sensitive Ears of Mr Small
1613:Edgar Allan Poe Selected Tales
1388:The Thirties: a Dream Revolved
535:The Man Whose Dreams Came True
353:The Man Whose Dreams Came True
1:
3976:Royal Armoured Corps soldiers
3961:Members of the Detection Club
3941:English crime fiction writers
3403:
3130:They Worked So Hard to Be Gay
2940:Nation Looking for a Cure-All
1924:Credit to William Shakespeare
1912:Murder - But How Was it Done?
1552:The Thirties and The Nineties
1335:: His Life & Speculations
924:Murder - But How Was it Done?
754:Credit to William Shakespeare
713:Collected short crime fiction
3382:Blackwell, Laird R. (2019).
3323:Twelve Englishmen of mystery
3279:UK public library membership
2830:Antidote, Tonic - or Escape?
2720:Famine Came to Throstlestone
2317:The Man Who Hated Television
2302:The Man Who Hated Television
2194:Murder at the Grand National
2030:The Man Who Hated Television
1642:Francis Quarles Investigates
1261:The Man Who Hated Television
1255:The Man Who Hated Television
817:Francis Quarles Investigates
694:Something Like a Love Affair
579:The Thirty-First of February
554:The Plot Against Roger Rider
366:Symons wrote two modern-day
361:The Plot Against Roger Ryder
7:
3168:Cousins Can't Make Them Cry
3162:The Enigma of Frank Cousins
3000:How to Get Away from It All
2980:Shavians Without Knowing it
2960:Three Ways to See a Country
2660:Strategy in War - and Peace
2600:, Vol. 2 No. 1, Winter 1940
1670:The Woman Afraid of October
1482:Agatha Christie Cover Story
839:The Woman Afraid of October
766:The Absent-Minded Professor
630:The Killing of Francie Lake
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3356:"JULIAN SYMONS DIES AT 82"
3100:Murder - Plus Good Writing
2930:The Man Who Went to Moscow
2700:How to Sell a Cake of Soap
2594:Obscurity and Dylan Thomas
2547:The What's-My-Line? Murder
2172:A Present from Santa Claus
1664:Thirty Days Hath September
1632:Short stories and novellas
1583:An Anthology of War Poetry
1507:1948 and 1984. The Second
1430:Notes From Another Country
1020:A Present from Santa Claus
835:Thirty Days Hath September
525:(1967) (filmed in 1969 as
522:The Man Who Killed Himself
471:(1954) (filmed in 1956 as
437:The Immaterial Murder Case
291:Mystery Writers of America
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3030:When the Balloons Went Up
3010:Sophocles in Three Scenes
2920:Genius, Crank or Dabbler?
2900:I Call It Detective Fever
2880:Which Is the True Russia?
2780:Live Words among the Dead
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2335:Has Anybody Here Seen Me?
1820:Twixt the Cup and the Lip
1807:Experiment in Personality
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1301:Holocaust at Mayhem Parva
1273:Has anybody here seen me?
1092:Twixt the Cup and the Lip
1080:Experiment in Personality
657:The Blackheath Poisonings
641:The End of Solomon Grundy
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507:The Kentish Manor Murders
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382:The Kentish Manor Murders
357:The Man Who Lost His Wife
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2670:Getting Away with Murder
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2654:Life, People & Books
2644:Life, People & Books
2630:Life, People & Books
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2200:The Centre Court Mystery
1894:Mrs Rolleston's Diamonds
1856:Pickup on the Dover Road
1540:: A Problem in Biography
1501:Crime and Detection Quiz
1405:Gordon Relief Expedition
1281:Waiting for Mr. McGregor
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547:The Players and the Game
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2626:The Lawyer takes a Wife
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2130:Absent-Minded Professor
2054:The Swedish Nightingale
1990:Preserving the Evidence
1882:The Unhappy Piano Tuner
1595:Carlyle: Selected Works
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1399:(1963) military history
1376:. A Historical Portrait
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1004:The Swedish Nightingale
972:Preserving the Evidence
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649:The Belting Inheritance
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3040:Novels of Four Nations
2820:What Makes a Criminal?
2527:Mr Longden Had a Diary
2188:Airborne with a Borgia
2008:Death for Mr Golightly
1918:Who Killed Harrington?
1754:The Tigers of Subtopia
1750:The Tigers of Subtopia
1627:(1984) editor, stories
1564:Does Literature Exist?
1451:(1973) broadsheet poem
1208:The Tigers of Subtopia
1202:The Tigers of Subtopia
1185:Based on the Notes of
1044:Who Killed Harrington?
988:Airborne with a Borgia
976:Death for Mr Golightly
700:Playing Happy Families
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2690:The Queen of Diamonds
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2236:Eight Minutes to Kill
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2118:The Plaster Pekingese
1996:Nothing up His Sleeve
1960:A Matter of Dentistry
1930:Death in the Scillies
1625:Classic Crime Omnibus
1177:and the Stolen Papers
1112:Credit to Shakespeare
1088:Eight Minutes to Kill
1016:Nothing up His Sleeve
1008:The Barton Hall Dwarf
900:Death in the Scillies
871:A Matter of Dentistry
798:The Plaster Pekingese
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2680:Low-Down on the Left
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2479:Stealing the Picture
2473:The Clue in the Book
2383:(Fortune Press 1939)
2323:In The Bluebell Wood
2254:The Impossible Theft
2206:The Oval Test Murder
2142:The Invisible Poison
2048:A Man with Blue Hair
1978:An Exercise in Logic
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1813:A Theme for Hyacinth
1688:The Santa Claus Club
1293:The Borgia Heirloom
1265:In the Bluebell Wood
1232:A Theme For Hyacinth
1120:The Santa Claus Club
1084:A Theme for Hyacinth
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980:A Man with Blue hair
908:An Exercise in Logic
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890:Crippen & Landru
851:The Santa Claus Club
806:The Invisible Poison
730:Centre Court Mystery
688:Death's Darkest Face
607:The Colour of Murder
499:A Three-Pipe Problem
474:The Narrowing Circle
468:The Narrowing Circle
387:The Great Detectives
376:A Three-Pipe Problem
339:The Colour of Murder
283:Royal Armoured Corps
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3981:People from Clapham
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3503:Charlotte Armstrong
3360:The Washington Post
2620:Reconsiderations II
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2359:The Borgia Heirloom
2353:The Dream Is Better
2148:Meeting in the Snow
2026:The Conjuring Trick
2014:A Pearl among Women
2002:Double Double Cross
1972:The Vanishing Trick
1936:Ghost from the Past
1872:Affection Unlimited
1826:How to Trap a Crook
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1646:How to Trap a Crook
1440:Mortal Consequences
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1285:The Conjuring Trick
1192:About the birth of
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1074:How to Trap a Crook
1052:The Vanishing Trick
1032:Affection Unlimited
1000:Ghost from the Past
956:The Conjuring Trick
944:Double Double Cross
758:Meeting in the Snow
750:A Pearl among Women
561:The Detling Murders
481:The Gigantic Shadow
310:Mortal Consequences
304:Symons's 1972 book
3731:Mary Willis Walker
3695:Stuart M. Kaminsky
3569:Donald E. Westlake
3217:The New York Times
3094:Gamblers with Fate
3084:Gamblers with Fate
2840:A Bird in the Bush
2800:Between Two Beards
2636:, 28 November 1946
2616:Restoration Comedy
2565:A Mystery in Spain
2491:Murder Too Perfect
2381:Confusions About X
1832:The Tiger's Stripe
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1384:(1960) non-fiction
1382:A Reasonable Doubt
1104:The Tiger's Stripe
565:The Detling Secret
445:A Man Called Jones
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3394:978-1-4766-7652-4
3332:978-0-87972-249-4
3277:(Subscription or
3263:978-0-19-861412-8
3146:, 3 December 1957
3080:Arthur James Cook
2760:The March of Time
2559:A Point of Ethics
2393:Individual poems
2329:Et In Arcadia Ego
2270:(Sherlock Holmes)
2224:Murder in Reverse
2218:The Second Bullet
2178:Final Night Extra
2094:Sailors' Hornpipe
2082:Death by Drowning
1966:The Whistling Man
1878:(Francis Quarles)
1734:(Francis Quarles)
1694:(Francis Quarles)
1682:One Little Letter
1658:Out of the Mouths
1648:(Francis Quarles)
1365:Horatio Bottomley
1269:Et in Arcadia Ego
1153:and St. Mary Mead
1068:Other collections
1060:Final Night Extra
1048:Murder in Reverse
1036:The Whistling Man
968:The Second Bullet
847:One Little Letter
831:Out of the Mouths
786:Sailors' Hornpipe
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682:A Criminal Comedy
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1698:Hot Summer Night
1511:Memorial Lecture
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3851:Stephen King
3755:Robert Clark
3737:Dick Francis
3689:Aaron Elkins
3683:Barbara Vine
3677:L. R. Wright
3647:Dick Francis
3581:Dick Francis
3539:Ellis Peters
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3926:1994 deaths
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3863:Noah Hawley
3797:Jess Walter
3779:S. J. Rozan
3707:Julie Smith
3671:Ross Thomas
3635:Ken Follett
3587:Maj Sjöwall
3545:Eric Ambler
3533:J.J. Marric
3222:11 February
3142:. (London)
2465:. (London)
2432:Spring Poem
2166:Summer Show
1864:. (London)
1838:Love Affair
1716:Kidnap Plot
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