Mona Naomi Anne Messer Hocking was born in London. She also wrote two crime novels and mainstream novels under the name 'Mona Messer'. She is the creator of 'William Austen', a Chief Inspector, later Superintendent at Scotland Yard.
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Mona Naomi Anne Messer Hocking was born in London. She also wrote two crime novels and mainstream novels under the name 'Mona Messer'. She is the creator of 'William Austen', a Chief Inspector, later Superintendent at Scotland Yard. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'William Austen' Novels | |
| 1) Old Mrs. Fitzgerald (US Title: Deadly Is the Evil Tongue [1940]) | 1939 |
| 2) The Wicked Flee | 1940 |
| 3) Miss Milverton (US Title: Poison Is a Bitter Brew [1942]) | 1941 |
| 4) One Shall Be Taken | 1942 |
| 5) Nile Green (US Title: Death Loves a Shining Mark [1943]) | 1943 |
| 6) Six Green Bottles | 1943 |
| 7) The Vultures Gather | 1945 |
| 8) Death at the Wedding | 1946 |
| 9) Prussian Blue (US Title: The Finishing Touch [1948]) | 1947 |
| 10) At "The Cedars" | 1949 |
| 11) Death Disturbs Mr. Jefferson | 1951 |
| 12) Mediterranean Murder (US Title: Killing Kin [1951]) | 1951 |
| 13) The Best Laid Plans | 1952 |
| 14) The Evil That Men Do | 1953 |
| 15) Death Among the Tulips | 1953 |
| 16) And No One Wept | 1954 |
| 17) Poison in Paradise | 1955 |
| 18) A Reason for Murder | 1955 |
| 19) Murder at Mid-Day | 1956 |
| 20) The Simple Way of Poison | 1957 |
| 21) Relative Murder | 1957 |
| 22) Epitaph for a Nurse (US Title: A Victim Must Be Found [1959]) | 1958 |
| 23) Poisoned Chalice | 1959 |
| 24) To Cease Upon the Midnight | 1959 |
| 25) The Thin-Spun Thread | 1960 |
| 26) Candidates for Murder | 1961 |
| 27) He Had to Die | 1962 |
| 28) Murder Cries Out (completed by Evelyn Healey) | 1968 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Cat's Paw | 1933 |
| 2) Death Duel | 1933 |
| 3) Walk Into My Parlour | 1934 |
| 4) The Hunt Is Up | 1934 |
| 5) The House of En-Dor | 1936 |
| 6) Stranglehold | 1936 |
| 7) As I Was Going to St. Ives | 1937 |
| 8) What a Tangled Web | 1937 |
| 9) Ill Deeds Done | 1938 |
| 10) The Little Victims Play | 1938 |
| 11) So Many Doors | 1939 |
| 12) Night's Candles | 1941 |
| 13) There's Death in the Cup (Also published as: Death in the Cup [1984]) | 1952 |
| As 'Mona Messer' | |
| 1) A Castle for Sale | 1930 |
| 2) Mouse Trap | 1931 |