Marten Cumberland
1892-1972
Pseudonym: Kevin O'Hara
 

Marten Cumberland was a journalist and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonym 'Kevin O'Hara'. He is the creator of:
1. 'Saturnin Dax', a French police commissaire.
2. 'Chico Brett', a private investigator (under the pseudonym 'Kevin O'Hara').
 

Titles and year of publication:  

 'Saturnin Dax' Novels
 1) Someone Must Die  1940
 2) Questionable Shape  1941
 3) Quislings Over Paris  1942
 4) The Knife Will Fall  1943
 5) Not Expected to Live  1945
 6) Steps in the Dark  1945
 7) A Lovely Corpse  1946
 8) Hearsed in Death (US Title: A Dilemma for Dax [1946])  1947
 9) And Worms Have Eaten Them (US Title: Hate Will Find a Way [1947])  1948
10) And Then Came Fear  1949
11) On the Danger List  1950
12) Policeman's Nightmare  1950
13) Confetti Can Be Red (US Title: The House in the Forest [1950])  1951
14) The Man Who Covered Mirrors  1951
15) Booked for Death (US Title: Grave Consequences [1952])  1952
16) Fade Out the Stars  1952
17) One Foot in the Grave  1952
18) The Charge Is Murder  1953
19) Etched in Violence  1953
20) Which of Us Is Safe? (US Title: Nobody Is Safe [1953])  1953
21) The Frightened Brides  1954
22) Until Death Utterly  1954
23) Lying at Death's Door  1956
24) Far Better Dead!  1957
25) Hate for Sale  1957
26) Out of This World  1958
27) Murmurs in the Rue Morgue  1959
28) Remains to Be Seen  1960
29) There Must Be Victims  1961
30) Attention! Saturnin Dax  1962
31) Postscript to Death  1963
32) Hate Finds a Way  1964
33) The Dice Were Loaded  1965
34) No Sentiment in Murder  1966
 Other Novels
 1) Loaded Dice (with B.V. Shann)  1926
 2) The Perilous Way  1926
 3) The Sin of David  1932
 4) The Dark House  1935
 5) Devil's Snare  1935
 6) The Impostor  1935
 7) Murder at Midnight (with B.V. Shann)  1935
 8) Shadowed  1936
 9) Bird of Prey  1937
10) The Testing of Tony  1943
11) Everything He Touched  1945
12) Darkness As a Bride  1947
13) The Crime School  1949
As 'Kevin O'Hara'
 1) The Customer's Always Wrong  1951
 2) Exit and Curtain  1952
 3) Sing, Clubman, Sing!  1952
 4) Always Tell the Truth  1953
 5) It Leaves Them Cold  1954
 6) Keep Your Fingers Crossed  1955
 7) The Pace That Kills  1955
 8) Women Like to Know  1957
 9) Danger: Women at Work!  1958
10) Well, I'll Be Hanged!  1958
11) And Here Is the Noose!  1959
12) Taking Life Easy  1961
13) If Anything Should Happen  1962
14) Don't Tell the Police  1963
15) Don't Neglect the Body  1964
16) It's Your Funeral  1966

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