trial for the murder of the Glasgow spinster Marion Gilchrist in 1908. Roughead assisted Arthur Conan Doyle, Craigie Aitchison and William Park for nearly 20 years exposing weaknesses in the Crown's case and indeed he was cited as a witness in the 1928 appeal. Books Rhyme without Reason (1901) Trial of Dr. Pritchard (1906) Trial of Captain Porteous (1909) Bibliography of the Porteous Mob (1909) Trial of Oscar Slater (1910 & 2nd ed. rev. 1925) Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan (1911) Twelve Scots Trials (1913) Trial of Deacon Brodie (1914) Trial of Mary Blandy (1914) Burke and Hare (1921) Glengarry's Way and Other Studies (1922) The Fatal Countess and Other Studies (1924) A Rich Man and Other Stories (1925) Trial of Jessie M'Lachlan (2d ed. rev. 1925 & 3d ed. 1950) The Rebel Earl and Other Studies (1926) The Trial of Katharine Nairn (1926) Malice Domestic (1928) The Evil that Men Do (1929) Trial of John Donald Merrett (1929) Bad Companions (1930) What Is Your Verdict? (1931) In Queer Street (1932) The Trial of John Watson Laurie (the Arran Murder) (1932) Rogues Walk Here (1934) Famous Crimes (1935) Knave's Looking Glass (1935) The Riddle of the Ruthvens and Other Studies (1936) Mainly Murder (1937) The Enjoyment of Murder (1938) The Seamy Side (1938) Murder and More Murder (1939) Neck or Nothing (1939) The Murderer's Companion (1941) Reprobates Revisited (1941) The Art of Murder (1943) Nothing But Murder (1946) Classic Crimes: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead (1951) Tales of the Criminous: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead (1956) Family His son, also William Roughead, was a Scotland international rugby union player. References External links 1870 births 1952 deaths Scottish crime writers Scottish lawyers British criminologists