to his parents. Missing diaries In November 1991 it was discovered that 24 of the author's chronicles which dated back to the war years, his friendship with Winston Churchill and his time in British Intelligence, had mysteriously disappeared from the home of one of the executors of his estate. The disappearance of Maugham's diaries became the subject of an official investigation by the Chelsea Crime Squad. An article appeared in the Peterborough column of The Daily Telegraph on 22 November 1991 under the heading "Maugham Whodunnit Puzzles Chelsea" – a longer more detailed analysis by the writer and investigative journalist, Michael Thornton, appeared in The Independent on Sunday Review on 22 February 1992, detailing the episode. The diaries were left in trust for the playwright William Lawrence, the author's last partner. After Maugham's death the subsequent High Court Grant of Probate issued on 23 January 1984 granted William Lawrence as the main beneficiary of the author's works which included a settlement with regard to Maugham's diaries under which the chronicles were kept in trust with the 2nd Viscount's estate. Works Novels The Servant (1948) Line on Ginger (1949; used for the film The Intruder) The Rough and the Smooth (1951) Behind the Mirror (1955) The Man with Two Shadows (1958) November Reef (1962) The Green Shade (1966) The Wrong People (1967) The Second Window (1968) The Link: A Victorian Mystery (1969) The Last Encounter (1972) The Barrier (1973) The Sign (1974) Knock on Teak (1976) Lovers in Exile (1977) The Dividing Line (1978) The Corridor (1980) Refuge (1980, unpublished) The Deserters (1981) The Servant and The Wrong People republished by VALANCOURT BOOKS with introductions by William Lawrence (2019) CollectionsThe Black Tent and Other Stories (appeared 1972; had been made into a film The Black Tent in 1956)The Boy from Beirut and Other Stories, edited by Peter Burton (1982) Biography and travel Plays, speeches, television and radio 1955: The Leopard (play) set in Tanganyika. Connaught Theatre, Worthing 1956: Mister Lear (play) Connaught Theatre, Worthing 1957: Rise Above It (Television) Produced by ABC. BBC Productions 1957: Odd Man In (play) Adaptation of Claude Magnier's comedy Monsieur Masure. St Martin's Theatre 1957: The Last Hero (play) Repertory Players, Strand Theatre, London. The subject was the life of General Gordon 1957: The Lonesome Road (Play) by Robin Maugham and Philip King. Arts Theatre, London, (1957) 1957: Winter in Ischia (Play) (not yet performed), see