List Of Writers

MARSTON, EDWARD

Website: http://www.edwardmarston.com/

Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales. A full–time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre. He once ran his own professional fringe theatre company, taught drama in a prison and worked as a story editor for a film company at Pinewood Studios. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home writing children’s books or literary criticism, plays or biographies. Settings for his crime novels range from the world of professional golf to the compilation of the Domesday Survey. The Frost Fair is the fourth book in the series featuring architect Christopher Redmayne and Puritan Constable Jonathan Bale, set in Restoration London after the Great Fire of 1666. He also writes under the names Conrad Allen and Keith Miles.

Reviews

"Consummate storytelling, a love of period and astute characterisation and plotting are the hallmarks of all Marston’s books"
Guardian

"Marston is a master of detail"
Deadly Pleasures Magazine

"They are excellently written and entertaining books – unreservedly recommended"
Mystery News

"Marston is a master storyteller"
Contra Costa Times

"Told with great panache - this is how historical mysteries should be"
Sherlock Holmes Magazine


Selected Publications:

As Edward Marston:

The King’s Evil (Headline, 1999)
John Christie (Crime Archive) (The National Archives, 2007)

The Nicholas Bracewell Series
The Queen’s Head (Corgi, 1988)
The Merry Devils (Corgi, 1989)
The Trip to Jerusalem (Corgi, 1990)
The Nine Giants (Bantam, 1991)
The Mad Courtesan (St. Martin’s Press, 1992)
The Silent Woman (St. Martin’s Press, 1994)
The Roaring Boy (St. Martin’s Press, 1995)
The Laughing Hangman (St. Martin’s Press, 1996)
The Fair Maid of Bohemia (St. Martin’s Press, 1997)
The Wanton Angel (St. Martin’s Press, 1999)
The Devil’s Apprentice (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2001) 
The Bawdy Basket (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2002)
The Vagabond Clown (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003)
The Counterfeit Crank (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2004) 
The Malevolent Comedy (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2005)
The Princess of Denmark (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006) 

The Domesday Books Series
The Wolves of Savernake (St. Martin’s Press, 1993)
The Ravens of Blackwater: A Novel (St. Martin’s Press, 1994)
The Dragons of Archenfield: A Novel (St. Martin’s Press, 1995)
The Lions of the North (St. Martin’s Press, 1996)
The Hawks of Delamere (Headline, 1998)
The Serpents of Harbledown (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 1998)
The Wildcats of Exeter (Headline, 1998)
The Foxes of Warwick (St. Martin’s Press, 1999)
The Stallions of Woodstock (St. Martin’s Press, 1999)
The Elephants of Norwich (Headline, 2000)
The Owls of Gloucester (Headline, 2000)

The Christopher Redmayne Series
The Armorous Nightingale (Headline, 2000)
The Repentant Rake (Headline, 2001)
The Frost Fair (Allison & Busby, 2003)
The Parliament House (Allison & Busby, 2006)
The Painted Lady (Allison & Busby, 2007)

The Inspector Robert Colbeck Series
The Railway Detective (Allison & Busby, 2005)
The Excursion Train (Allison & Busby, 2005)
The Railway Viaduct (Allison & Busby, 2006)
The Iron Horse (Allison & Busby, 2007)
The Brighton Express (Allison & Busby, 2008)

Captain Rawson Series
Soldier of Fortune (Allison & Busby, 2008)


As Conrad Allen:

Murder on the Lusitania (Gerald Duskworth & Co. Limited, 1999)
Murder on the Mauretania (Gerald Duskworth & Co. Limited, 2002)
Murder on the Minnesota (Gerald Duskworth & Co. Limited, 2002)
Murder on the Caronia (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003)
Murder on the Marmora (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2004)
Murder on the Salsette (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2005)
Murder on the Oceanic (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006)
Murder on the Celtic (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007)


As Keith Miles:

The Alan Saxon Golf Mysteries Series
Bullet Hole (Fawcett Books, 1988)
Double Eagle (Harper Collins, 1988)
Green Murder (Little, Brown, 1990)
Flagstick (Little, Brown, 1991)
Bermuda Grass (Poisoned Pen Press, 2002)
Honolulu Play-Off (Poisoned Pen Press, 2004)

The Merlin Richards Mysteries Series
Murder in Perspective (Walker & Company, 1997)
Saints Rest (Walker & Company, 1999)


Contributed to:
Shakespearean Detectives (co-writer) (Constable & Robinson, 1998)




The Princess of Denmark (St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006) 

A fire at the Queen’s Head deprives Westfield’s men of their home so they decide to travel to Denmark with their patron, Lord Westfield, who is to marry a beautiful young Danish widow. When they reach Elsinore castle, they are given a warm welcome but the murder of Rolfe Harling, who brokered the wedding, changes the whole atmosphere of the place. Danger threatens from all sides, not least from England itself where the father of a young man who also died seeks revenge and sends two assassins after the troupe. They are soon embroiled in a web of political intrigue and betrayal. Nicholas Bracewell is faced with his most difficult case yet, exacerbated when their patron decides that he has changed his mind about the marriage. Clich on the cover to buy from amazon.co.uk



The Owls of Gloucester (Headline, 2000)

The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of its monks. The Abbot, ill-equipped to deal with such a heinous crime, is stunned by the Sheriff’s belief that one of the monks is guilty. It is by this confusion that two Domesday Comminisioners are welcomed into the town. Murder at the abbey, intrigue at the castle, domestic strife and the imminent arrival of William the Conqueror make this one of the most difficult cases for Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret. Clich on the cover to buy from amazon.co.uk