hiː ɹˈoʊt ɚɹˈaʊnd θˈɜːɾi bˈʊks, wʌz ˈɔːθɚɹ əvə sˈɪɹiz ʌv dɪtˈɛktɪv nˈɑːvəlz ænd ɐpˈɪɹd ˌɔn tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən æz ɐ wˈiːkli kˌɔːɹɪspˈɑːndənt ˌɔn tənˈaɪt ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z ænd ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z.
He wrote around thirty books, was author of a series of detective novels and appeared on television as a weekly correspondent on Tonight in the late 1950s and early 1960s.