of Murder). His attention to detail and his concentration on the mechanics of detection makes him the forerunner of the "police procedural" school of crime fiction. However, it has also given rise to a suggestion of a certain lack of flair – Julian Symons describing him as of "the humdrum school". This may explain why his name has not remained as familiar as other more colourful and imaginative Golden Age writers, although he had 15 books included in the Penguin Books "green" series of the best detective novels and 36 of his books were in print in paperback in 2000. List of works Novels The Cask (1920) The Ponson Case (1921) The Pit-Prop Syndicate (1922) The Groote Park Murder (1923) Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924) The Cheyne Mystery (1926) a.k.a. Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy (1927) a.k.a. The Starvel Hollow Tragedy The Sea Mystery (1928) The Box Office Murders (1929) a.k.a. The Purple Sickle Murders Sir John Magill's Last Journey (1930) Mystery in the Channel (1931) a.k.a. Mystery in the English Channel Sudden Death (1932) Death on the Way (1932) a.k.a. Double Death The Hog's Back Mystery (1933) a.k.a. The Strange Case of Dr. Earle The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) a.k.a. Wilful and Premeditated Mystery on Southampton Water (1934) a.k.a. Crime on the Solent Crime at Guildford (1935) a.k.a. The Crime at Nornes The Loss of the Jane Vosper (1936) Man Overboard! (1936) a.k.a. Cold-Blooded Murder Found Floating (1937). Serialised, Daily Mail (1937) The End of Andrew Harrison (1938) a.k.a. The Futile Alibi Antidote to Venom (1938) Fatal Venture (1939) a.k.a. Tragedy in the Hollow Golden Ashes (1940) James Tarrant, Adventurer (1941) a.k.a. Circumstantial Evidence The Losing Game (1941) a.k.a. A Losing Game Fear Comes to Chalfont (1942) The Affair at Little Wokeham (1943) a.k.a. Double Tragedy Enemy Unseen (1945) Death of a Train (1946). Serialised, New York Daily News (1946) Young Robin Brand, Detective (1947) A Juvenile Detective Novel with Inspector French. Silence for the Murderer (1949). Serialised, New York Daily News (1948) French Strikes Oil (1951) a.k.a. Dark Journey Anything to Declare? (1957) Short story collections Murderers Make Mistakes (1947) Part One: Double Stories: The Old Gun The Cliff Path The Telephone Call The Lower Flat The Army Truck The Invalid Colonel The Hidden Sten Gun The Hunt Ball The Avaricious Moneylender The Evening Visitor The Enthusiastic Rabbit-Breeder The Retired Wine