The Rich Detective (1993) The Good Detective (1995) The Bad Detective (1996) The Soft Detective (1997) In Kensington Gardens Once... (Crippen & Landru, 1997); short story collection Jack the Lady Killer (1999); novel in verse A Kind of Light (2017); posthumous printing of an unpublished novel dating from 1987 discovered after the author's death. Short Stories "A Toothbrush" (2005), published in The Detection Collection, edited by Simon Brett. Non-fiction books Murder Must Appetize (1975) Sherlock Holmes, the Man and His World (1979) Great Crimes (1982) Writing Crime Fiction (1986; 2nd ed. 1994) Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books (1987) The Bedside Companion to Crime (1989) References External links Official website An Appreciation by Mike Ripley in SHOTS Crime & Thriller Ezine When Harry Met Ripley Portrait photograph taken by Nichola Kurtz in January 2002 Article on HRF Keating H.R.F. Keating obituary at The Telegraph H.R.F. Keating obituary at The Guardian "H.R.F. Keating" (Fellows Remembered), The Royal Society of Literature Writers from London People from Hastings English crime fiction writers English mystery writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Cartier Diamond Dagger winners People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood The Times people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Detection Club 1926 births 2011 deaths Macavity Award winners Agatha Award winners 20th-century English novelists