Mary Kelly (writer)

English writer (1927–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary Theresa Kelly, née Coolican (28 December 1927 – 2017),[1] was an English writer of crime novels. Born in London, she received an M.A. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1951. She married Dennis Charles Kelly in 1950, and was a teacher in Surrey County Council schools. In 1961, her novel The Spoilt Kill won a Gold Dagger Award.[2]

Mary Kelly

Bibliography

Inspector Brett Nightingale series

  • A Cold Coming (1956)[3]
  • Dead Man's Riddle (1957)[4]
  • The Christmas Egg (1958)[5]

Other novels

  • The Spoilt Kill (1961)[6]
  • Due to a Death (1962; USA: The Dead of Summer)[7]
  • March to the Gallows (1964)[8]
  • The Dead Corse (1966)
  • Write on Both Sides of the Paper (1969)[9]
  • The Twenty-Fifth Hour (1971)[10]
  • That Girl in the Alley (1974)

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