 Pseudonym of William Underhill. He lived nearly all his life in Bristol. In World War II, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. After the war, he trained as a teacher and spent the rest of his life in education, first as a primary school teacher and then as a lecturer in a college for further education. He is the creator of 'Mordecai Euripides Tremaine', a retired tobacconist and amateur sleuth. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Mordecai Euripides Tremaine' Novels | |
| 1) They'll Never Find Out | 1944 |
| 2) Murder Has a Motive | 1947 |
| 3) Murderer's Bluff | 1948 |
| 4) Murder for Christmas | 1949 |
| 5) So Pretty a Problem | 1950 |
| 6) In at the Death | 1952 |
| 7) Behold a Fair Woman | 1954 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Hand of Justice | 1936 |
| 2) The League of Justice | 1937 |
| 3) The Sword of Justice | 1937 |
| 4) Tigers Fight Alone | 1938 |
| 5) Dangerous Mr. X | 1939 |
| 6) Murder in Man | 1940 |
| 7) Justice Returns | 1940 |
| 8) Justice Limited | 1941 |
| 9) Night Without End | 1943 |
| 10) Fear Holds the Key | 1945 |
| 11) Ministers Too Are Mortal | 1951 |
| 12) Murder But Gently | 1953 |
| 13) A Question of Time | 1959 |