Lynn Brock
Lynn Brock (1877-1943) was the pseudonym of the Irish writer Alister McAllister, who moved to England and wrote a series of mystery novels. Brock is best known for his series of Colonel Gore detective novels, which enjoyed popularity in the 1920s and 1930s during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[1] His novels employ a complexity of style and are generally set in rural locations.[2] He also wrote several plays under the name Anthony Wharton.
Lynn Brock | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1877 |
| Died | 1943 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Main works
Colonel Gore
- The Deductions of Colonel Gore (1924)
- Colonel Gore’s Second Case (1925)
- The Kink (1927)
- The Slip-Carriage Mystery (1928)
- The Mendip Mystery (1929)
- Q.E.D. (1930)
- The Stoat (1940)
Other
- The Dagwort Coombe Murder (1929)
- Nightmare (1932)
- The Silver Sickle Case (1938)
- Fourfingers (1939)
- The Riddle of the Roost (1939)
References
- Reilly p.198
- Reilly p.198
Bibliography
- Keating, Henry Reymond Fitzwalter. Whodunit?: A Guide to Crime, Suspense, and Spy Fiction. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1982.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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