Author:Ernest Robertson Punshon

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Ernest Robertson Punshon
(1872–1956)

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English novelist and literary critic, primarily writing on crime and deduction. Best remembered as the creator of Scotland Yard Police Constable Bobby Owen (1933-1956). He also critiqued many of Agatha Christie's works. Pseudonyms E. R. Punshon, Robertson Halket

Works

Constance West (1905) IA
The Mystery of Lady Isobel (1907)
The Spin of the Coin (1908)
The Glittering Desire (1910)
Hidden Lives (1913)
Arrows of Chance (1917)
The Solitary House (1918) IA
Dunslow (1922)
The Bittermeads Mystery (1922)
Dunslow (1922)
The Millionaire's Daughter (1926)

Individual short works

"The Unwilling Burglar" in London Magazine, 1903
"Veronica's Captive" in The Idler, 1903
"A Tartar of a Girl" in English Illustrated Magazine, 1904
"The Little Red Devil" (ss) Smart Set, 1904
"His Dreadful Errand" (ss) The Idler, 1907 March
"The Alphabet Toast" (ss) The Idler, 1907 Oct
"Thirst. A Tragedy of Home Waters" (ss) The Idler, 1910 Jan
"Marriage By Capture" (ss) The Idler, 1908 May
"The Girl Without a Past" (ss) Country Life, 1910 May 14
"One Tree Hill" (ss) Pall Mall Magazine, 1910 June
"A Mystery of the Downs" in Windsor Magazine, 1912
"The Duel" (ss) Country Life, 1913 March 1
"Molly's Recruit" (ss) Country Life, 1914 Oct 24
"The Colonel and the Incompetent Waiter" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
"A Telescopic Wooing," (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1915
"The Blind See," (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
"Her Chance," (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
"Borrowed Plumes" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916-17
"The Diamond" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916-17
"The Saving of Pete Conlan" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1917-18
"Scared Stiff" (ss) Everybody's Magazine, 1921
"Learning Business" (novelette) Everybody's Magazine, 1923
"Dog Eat Dog" (ss) Everybody's Magazine, 1923
"The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1924-25

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1956, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 68 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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