John Armour
1916-2001
Pseudonyms: Reg Batchelor, Kenneth Bedford, Frank Bosworth, Mark Carrel, Robert Clarke, Richard Dana, J.F. Drexler, Troy Howard, Jared Ingersol, John Kilgore, Hunter Liggett, J.K. Lucas and John Morgan
 

Pseudonym of Lauran Bosworth Paine. He was born Lawrence Kerfman Duby Jr. in Duluth, Minnesota. He wrote more than 1000 books including hundreds of Westerns, romance, science fiction, mystery novels, and non-fiction books. He is the creator of:
1. 'Andrew McCall', a New York attorney (under the pseudonym 'Mark Carrel').
2. 'Bert Fenwick', a Detective Sergeant in San Francisco (under the pseudonym 'Reg Batchelor').

 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Andrew McCall' Novels (as Mark Carrel)
 1) The Blood Pit  1967
 2) The Dark Edge of Violence  1967
 3) A Sword of Silk  1967
 4) Tears of Blood  1967
'Bert Fenwick' Novels (as Reg Batchelor)
 1) The Murder Game  1970
 2) Murderer's Row  1970
As 'John Armour'
 1) Death of a Doctor  1969
 2) Run with the Killer  1969
 3) A Killer's Category  1973
 4) Murder in Hawthorn  1975
 5) The Saturday Night Massacre  1976
As 'Reg Batchelor'
 1) Blue Seas & Yellow Sun  1967
 2) The Time of the Assassins  1969
 3) Inspector Cole  1970
 4) The Twilight People  1970
 5) A Legacy of Shadows  1972
 6) The Triangle Murder  1973
 7) Achilles' Isle  1974
As 'Kenneth Bedford'
 1) The Mathematics of Murder  1969
 2) The Merchant of Menace  1969
As 'Frank Bosworth'
 1) Murder Now, Pay Later  1969
As 'Mark Carrel'
 1) Case of the Hollow Man  1958
 2) Case of the Innocent Witness  1959
 3) The Case of the Perfect Alibi  1960
 4) Carry a Gun  1961
 5) Shadow of a Hawk  1967
 6) The Steel Mask  1968
 7) Kill and Be Damned  1970
 8) The Emerald Heart  1971
 9) Counsel for the Killer  1972
10) One Last Time  1973
11) Murder Without Motive  1974
12) Assignment for Trouble  1974
13) The Octopus' Shadow  1974
14) The Underground Men  1975
15) The Sinister Horde  ????
As 'Robert Clarke'
 1) The Case of the Gambler's Corpse  1969
 2) Murderers Are Silent  1969
 3) Death of a Flower Child  1970
 4) The Thirteenth Lover  1970
 5) A Synonym for Murder  1972
As 'Richard Dana'
 1) Death of a Millionaire  1969
 2) Murder in Paradise  1969
 3) Murderer's Moon  1969
 4) Death Was the Echo  1975
As 'J.F. Drexler'
 1) The Anonymous Assassin  1968
 2) The Fire Ant  1975
 3) The Unsuspecting Victim  1976
As 'Troy Howard'
 1) The Black Light  1968
As 'Jared Ingersol'
 1) The Night of the Crisis  1968
 2) A Game Called Murder  1969
 3) A Rose Can Kill  1969
 4) The Beautiful Murder  1970
 5) Diamond Fingers  1970
 6) The Jade Eye  1970
 7) The Steel Garrotte  1970
 8) The Killer's Conscience  1971
 9) The Man Who Stole Heaven  1971
10) The Money Murder  1971
11) The Man Who Made Roubles  1972
12) The Non-Murder  1972
13) The Golden Gloves  1973
14) A Fine Day for Murder  1974
15) The Witchcraft Murder  1975
As 'John Kilgore'
 1) Some Die Young  1970
 2) Murder to Music  1972
As 'Hunter Liggett'
 1) Murder for Money  1969
 2) The Murder Maze  1969
 3) The Victim Died Twice  1969
 4) The Unknown Murderer  1975
As 'J.K. Lucas'
 1) Haight Is the Killer  1969
 2) The Born Survivor  1975
As 'John Morgan'
 1) Murderers Don't Smile  1969
 2) Death to Comrade X  1969
 3) Spy in the Tunnel  1969
 4) To Kill a Hero  1969
 5) The Nicest Corpse  1970
 6) The Perfect Frame  1970
 7) The Midnight Murder  1971
 8) The Killer's Manual  1972
 9) The Ivory Penguin  1974

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