Colin Watson Bibliography

UK First Edition Books

The following bibliography contains the criminous titles
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Title Publisher Date Issue Points - Notes

Coffin Scarcely Used Eyre 1958 Blue cloth

Bump in the Night Eyre 1960 Laminated pictorial boards, no dw

Hopjoy Was Here Eyre 1962 Black cloth

Lonely Heart 4122 Eyre 1967 Green cloth

Charity Ends at Home Eyre 1968 Blue cloth

The Flaxborough Crab Eyre 1969 Green cloth

Broomsticks Over Flaxborough Eyre 1972 Red cloth

The Naked Nuns Eyre 1975 Green cloth

One Man's Meat Eyre 1977 Orangey cloth

Blue Murder Eyre 1979 Brown cloth

Plaster Sinners Eyre 1980 Green cloth

Whatever's been Going On at Mumblesby Methuen 1983 Red cloth

Further Information
Colin Watson, born 1920 and died 1983, the novels feature his series character Inspector Purbright and later Lucilla Teatime. All twelve of the novels are set in Flaxborough. There are also a few uncollected short stories and a collaboration with other writers called A Slight Case of Scotch

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Title	Publisher	Date	Issue Points - Notes
Coffin Scarcely Used	Eyre	1958	Blue cloth
Bump in the Night	Eyre	1960	Laminated pictorial boards, no dw
Hopjoy Was Here	Eyre	1962	Black cloth
Lonely Heart 4122	Eyre	1967	Green cloth
Charity Ends at Home	Eyre	1968	Blue cloth
The Flaxborough Crab	Eyre	1969	Green cloth
Broomsticks Over Flaxborough	Eyre	1972	Red cloth
The Naked Nuns	Eyre	1975	Green cloth
One Man's Meat	Eyre	1977	Orangey cloth
Blue Murder	Eyre	1979	Brown cloth
Plaster Sinners	Eyre	1980	Green cloth
Whatever's been Going On at Mumblesby	Methuen	1983	Red cloth