Hugh Desmond Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes The Slasher Wright Brown 1939 DJ 3/6 The Misty Pathway Wright Brown 1940 Feb 40. DJ 3/6 Highways of Death Wright Brown 1940 July 40. DJ 3/6 The Secret of the Moat Wright Brown 1940 Aug 40. DJ 3/6 Murder Run Wild Hale 1941   Intent to Kill Hale 1942 Feb 42. DJ 8/- The Secret Voice Wright Brown 1942 Nov 42. DJ 7/6 Suicide Pact Wright Brown 1942 Dec 42. DJ 4/6 Dark Days Ahead Wright Brown 1943 Mar 43. DJ 4/6 Death Strikes at Dawn Rest Same 1943 DJ 7/6. ECB states actual release Apr 44 The Mystery Killer   1943 May 43. DJ 4/6 The Fuehrer Dies   1944 May 44. DJ 7/6 Terror Walks by Night   1944 DJ 7/6. ECB states actual release Apr 45 They Lived with death   1945 June 45. DJ 7/6 The Hand of Vengeance   1945 Aug 45. DJ 4/6 A Desperate Gamble   1946   His Reverence the Rogue   1946   Lady in Peril   1946   The Viper's Sting   1946   Bluebeard's Wife   1947   Overture to Death   1947   The Strangler   1947   Blood Cries for Vengeance   1948   Death in the Shingle   1948   Death Walks in Scarlet   1948   A Wife in the Dark   1948   Gallows Fruit   1949   A Clear Case of Murder   1950   The Edge of Horror   1950   Calling Alan Fraser   1951   Fear Walks the Island   1951   The Jacaranda Murders   1951   Murder is Justified   1951   Dark Deeds   1952   A Pact with the Devil   1952   Reigns of Terror   1952   Deliver Us from Evil   1953   Night of Terror   1953   The Night of Crime   1953   Breath of Suspicion   1954   The Death Parade   1954   Murderer's Bride   1954   Destination Death   1955   The Hangman Waits   1955   A Scream in the Night   1955   Death Let Loose   1956   She Met Murder   1956   Stella Shall Die   1956   Appointment at Eight   1957   Lady Where Are You   1957   No Reprieve   1957   Look Upon the Prisoner   1958   Poison Pen   1958   Doorway to Death   1959   Suicide Fleet   1959   A Strong Dose of Poison   1959   The Wicked Shall Flourish   1959   Death at My Elbow   1960   In Fear of the Night   1960   Turn Back from Death   1960   The Case of the Blue Orchid   1961   Fanfare for Murder   1961   Stranger than Fiction   1961   Murder at Midnight   1962   Put out the Light   1962   Stay of Execution   1962   Bodies in the Cupboard   1963   The Silent Witness   1963   A Slight Case of Murder   1963   Condemned   1964   Hostage to Death   1964   Some Day I'll Kill You   1964   The Dark Shadow   1965   Murder Strikes at Dawn   1965   Not Guilty My Lord   1965   The lady Has Claws   1966   Murder on the Moor   1967   Horror at the Moated Mill   1967   Escape   1968   Mask of Terror   1968   We Walk with Death   1968   Further Information Hugh Desmond is something of a mystery to us. All we know is that the author is British, his books appear not to have been published in America, the output was obviously terrific and the artwork for his dust jackets was excellent. The main series character was Alan Fraser who appears in about 30 of the books. If anyone can help with details or information on Hugh Desmond, we should be extremely grateful and happily include it here on this page. We have been sent the following and gratefully reproduce it verbatim below, out thanks to Brian Greenoff. Hugh Desmond was in fact a woman named Kathleen Lindsay. other names included Margaret Cameron, Mary Richmond and Molly Waring. Extremely prolific. Born Aldershot in 1903, died 1973, lived in new zealand and australia.

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