Barbara Myfanwy Sant in 1936; they had one son and one daughter. Haggard's writing career began in 1958 with the publication of his first novel, Slow Burner. He chose his nom de plume from his mother's maiden name, Haggard; she was said to be a distant relative of the well-known Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. Books Colonel Charles Russell series Slow Burner (1958) Venetian Blind (1959) The Arena (1961) The Unquiet Sleep (1962) The High Wire (1963) The Antagonists (1964) The Powder Barrel (1965) The Hard Sell (1965) The Power House (1966) The Conspirators (1967) A Cool Day for Killing (1968) The Hardliners (1970) The Bitter Harvest (1971) aka Too Many Enemies The Old Masters (1973) aka The Notch on the Knife The Scorpion's Tail (1975) Yesterday's Enemy (1976) The Poison People (1977) Visa to Limbo (1978) The Median Line (1979) The Money Men (1981) The Mischief Makers (1982) The Heirloom (1983) The Need To Know (1984) The Meritocrats (1985) The Vendettists (1990) Paul Martiny series The Protectors (1972) The Kinsmen (1974) William Wilberforce Smith series The Martello Tower (1986) The Diplomatist (1987) Other novels The Telemann Touch (1958) Closed Circuit (1960) The Doubtful Disciple (1969) The Expatriates (1989) References Sources Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, Chris Steinbrunner and Otto Penzler, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976, Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, edited by John M. Reilly, St. Martins Press, New York, 1980, Who's Who in Spy Fiction, Donald McCormick, Sphere Books Limited, London, 1979 English spy fiction writers 1907 births 1993 deaths 20th-century English novelists